Segments From This Episode

• Post-Brexit trans-Atlantic trade deal faces obstacles

  

  Animal welfare and human health care concerns could stymie a free trade deal between the U.S. and the U.K.

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• Economists want to end hotel room job interviews

  by Sean McHenry and Kai Ryssdal

  

  For many American economists, hotel room job interviews used to be the norm. A new policy from the American Economic Association wants to change that.

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• Talk of recession has people putting off certain life milestones

  by Katherine Wiles and Bennett Purser

  

  The fear of an impending recession has people making different financial decisions.

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• When economists changed the world

  by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar

  

  Sometime in the middle of the 20th century, economists came to play a much bigger role in shaping public policy in America. It’s had far-reaching consequences.

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• What’s next for Fannie and Freddie?

  by Amy Scott

  

  A Trump administration plan for reform is expected soon.

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• Regulators fine YouTube for collecting data and marketing to kids

  by Erika Beras

  

  Critics say the $170 million penalty will do little to change the video platform’s behavior.

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