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Jan 17, 2017

01/17/2017: How the deck is stacked in Erie, Pennsylvania

To wrap up our yearlong series “How The Deck is Stacked,” we travel to Erie, Pennsylvania, a community built on manufacturing. Erie represents much of the economic dissatisfaction that helped swing the presidential election. We’re kicking off a week of coverage from there with a bunch of stories from a local watering hole. Plus, the latest on Brexit and President-elect Donald Trump’s promised border tax.

Erie, Pennsylvania was built on manufacturing, and its county went Republican in the 2016 presidential election after voting for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. We dropped in on the Polish Falcons Social Club, Nest 610, to chat with some voters about how their economies are going. — Erie, Pennsylvania was built on manufacturing, and its county went Republican in the 2016 presidential election after voting for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. We dropped in on the Polish Falcons Social Club, Nest 610, to chat with some voters about how their economies are going.
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Segments From This Episode

A visit to Erie’s Polish Falcons
by Kai Ryssdal, Daisy Palacios, Caitlin Esch and Raghu Manavalan
Maitham Basha-Agha/Marketplace
The Pennsylvania county represents the economic dissatisfaction that voters felt during the election.
‘The Founder’ tells the contentious story of how McDonald’s became a fast-food giant
by Molly Wood and Bridget Bodnar
Daniel McFadden
Director John Lee Hancock tells us how Ray Kroc, played by Michael Keaton, helped the McDonalds brothers expand before buying them out.
Autodesk CEO on 3D printing and human inferiority
by Molly Wood and Robert Garrova
Carl Bass says 3D printing is ideal for highly customized manufacturing.
Betsy DeVos, Trump’s education nominee, is in the hot seat
by Amy Scott
She's a billionaire and school voucher activist.
Thanks to "La La Land," Hollywood is back in the musical business
by Molly Wood
Lionsgate
Singin' in the flood.
Donald Trump breaks with the GOP on a border tax
by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Trump voiced concerns about lawmakers' version of his boarder tax.

Music from the episode

To wrap up our yearlong series “How The Deck is Stacked,” we travel to Erie, Pennsylvania, a community built on manufacturing. Erie represents much of the economic dissatisfaction that helped swing the presidential election. We’re kicking off a week of coverage from there with a bunch of stories from a local watering hole. Plus, the latest on Brexit and President-elect Donald Trump’s promised border tax.