01/24/2017: Can you really run the country like a business?

Segments From This Episode

• This would-be dentist embodies entrepreneurial spirit of Syrian immigrants

  by Marielle Segarra

  

  Syrians drill it into their children’s heads that they have to be self-reliant.

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• Big data is revolutionizing the restaurant industry

  by Kai Ryssdal and Cerise Castle

  

  Where some may see an odd coupling, one software company sees opportunity.

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• Hiring freeze ordered by President Trump

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  Blocking federal hires produces questionable results.

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• Trump’s infrastructure plan faces a fight on all fronts

  by Mark Garrison

  President Trump has stated he wants to put together a trillion-dollar infrastructure spending plan. Democrats are all for it – they’ve even come up with a plan of their own. Republicans will likely push back on either option. Especially now that the CBO is projecting an increase in federal deficits for the first time in […]

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• President Trump wants more US auto plants — but there are obstacles

  by Annie Baxter

  President Trump told the heads of General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler today that he wants to see new auto plants built in the U.S. He signed an executive order to streamline the permitting process for getting domestic manufacturing projects off the ground, the goal being to reduce what he called the “incredibly cumbersome, long, […]

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• Can the government be run like a business?

  Now that Donald Trump, businessman, is Donald Trump, President of the United States, he’s in a position to make things happen. And one of the things he talked about while he was campaigning was making government run like a business. In other words, walking away from negotiations, always getting the best deal, negotiating the lowest […]

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• The Badlands National Park’s Twitter account goes rogue

  by Kai Ryssdal

  

  The account seemingly responds to the president's statement about environmentalism.

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