Segments From This Episode

• Sanctions designed to keep the price of Russian oil low seem to be working

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  Whether they $60 a barrel price cap will continue to work in the long run is an open question though.

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• Disney will soon require workers to be in-office four days a week

  by Matt Levin

  

  In a note to employees, CEO Bob Iger said, “in a creative business like ours, nothing can replace the the ability to connect, observe and create with peers.”

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• Biden student loan plan would let borrowers pay less, get forgiveness faster

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  People who borrowed less than $12,000 for undergrad schooling could have debt forgiven after making regular payments for a decade.

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• Food-insecure households spend more on health care

  by Samantha Fields

  

  People who struggle to afford food have 20% higher health care costs than those who don’t, partly the result of a cheaper, less healthy diet, a study finds.

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• When Republicans want to defund the (tax) police

  “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal talks to Catherine Rampell about how the new Republican leadership in the House affects the IRS funding and other economic policy.

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• A Mississippi record and comic store deals with the January “dead zone”

  by Sean McHenry

  

  OffBeat owner Phillip Rollins says January and summer are his “most hated months” because business is so slow.

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