Segments From This Episode

• How should we spend future pandemic relief money?

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  Economic recovery could take a range of different approaches. Check out these three experts’ ideas.

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• How workplaces could help distribute the vaccine

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  Employer-sponsored programs make vaccinations convenient and help to normalize the idea of getting one.

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• Why commercial lending fell last quarter despite low interest rates

  by Justin Ho

  

  The report found that bank lending volume fell in the most recent quarter, driven by decreases in commercial and industrial lending.

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• What a magnetized iron screwdriver can teach us about the post-COVID economy

  by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

  

  “Nature is lazy,” a physicist says. “When we change the direction of this external field, what happens is everything lags behind.”

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• An unemployed bartender’s search for work and stability

  by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

  

  “There’s just a lot of people applying for not a lot of jobs,” says Neil Cairns of Portland, Oregon.

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• Is this the end of the road for the internal combustion engine in the U.K.?

  

  The nation banned the sale of new fossil-fueled cars starting in 2030. Enthusiasts, and the public, are not sure the electric revolution will be complete by then.

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