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Dec 4, 2018

The yield curve is acting up

… Which is to say, it’s starting to point down. It’s inverting. And that can be an important warning sign for the economy. We’ll explain. And speaking of warning signs: The housing market is losing steam, but is that bad news? We’ll talk about the winners and losers. Plus, a conversation with Alexis Ohanian about creating the front page of the internet and life as a venture capitalist.

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Segments From This Episode

Would you like some earplugs with that appetizer?
by Kai Ryssdal, Phoebe Unterman and Sean McHenry
Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for Liaison
Some noisy restaurants ring in at a decibel level that over a long period of time can cause hearing loss.
Recent layoffs could be a sign of lessons from the Great Recession
by Andy Uhler
Major company layoffs are not tied to economic worries necessarily.
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian on today’s entrepreneurs
by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Peter Balonon-Rosen/Marketplace
There's "more of a wokeness to these founders," he says.
What worries China’s manufacturers more than tariffs? Labor shortages
by Jennifer Pak
Jennifer Pak/Marketplace
The country's workforce has shrunk 3 percent from 2012 to 2017; now its economy is slowing.

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… Which is to say, it’s starting to point down. It’s inverting. And that can be an important warning sign for the economy. We’ll explain. And speaking of warning signs: The housing market is losing steam, but is that bad news? We’ll talk about the winners and losers. Plus, a conversation with Alexis Ohanian about creating the front page of the internet and life as a venture capitalist.