Segments From This Episode

• What does a strong dollar mean for the U.S. and world economies?

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  A strong dollar means lower prices for goods from abroad. For countries that import commodities priced in dollars, however, it’s bad news.

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• U.S. coal isn’t counting on Europe for a comeback

  by Lily Jamali

  

  The coal industry’s decline over the last decade has made scaling up tough, even as prices surge.

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• How industrial standards help explain Russia’s economic motives for invading Ukraine

  by Justin Ho

  

  International standards can be tools of globalization. They can also keep other countries locked within an economic orbit.

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• The Biden administration is extending the public health emergency. Here’s what that means.

  by Samantha Fields

  

  The original declaration of January 2020 changed the health care landscape.

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• Former Chair Ben Bernanke takes long view of Federal Reserve’s current challenges

  by Kai Ryssdal and Marketplace Staff

  

  “I think it’s important to look back at history,” said the former leader of the U.S. central bank.

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• How looking back at the Fed’s past can help us understand its future

  by Ben Bernanke

  

  Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke’s new book charts a history of “remarkable innovation and change.”

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