The myth of “the deserving rich and the undeserving poor”

Segments From This Episode

• What's behind bitcoin's surge?

  by Leanna Byrne

  The S&P 500 has had a good year — up 28% . Then there’s bitcoin, up 138% since New Year’s. The cryptocurrency crossed the $100,000 threshold for the first time overnight. Some of that is a bet the incoming presidential administration will work to keep regulation of the crypto industry light.

  ShareDownload

• Layoffs picked up in November as labor market cools down

  by Justin Ho

  

  While layoffs have been low over the last few months, the uptick signals that the labor market may be starting to lose momentum.

  ShareDownload

• Has financial insecurity replaced upward mobility in the U.S. economy?

  by David Brancaccio, Ariana Rosas and Erika Soderstrom

  

  And will any of that change in an economy under the next Trump administration?

  ShareDownload