The Uncertain HourI've always wondered ...Econ Extra Credit with David BrancaccioRace and EconomyMake Me Smart Daily

Loading...

0:00
0% played
Tell us about your experiences with Marketplace. Enter To Win
Support Marketplace Morning Report
Find Your Local Station
ABOUT SHOW
Tracking those $1,200 checks
Apr 13, 2020

Tracking those $1,200 checks

Share Now on:
Share
HTML EMBED:
COPY
HTML EMBED
Download
The IRS says it has started distributing emergency aid payments. Public health advocates call for limits or bans on the sale of tobacco products during COVID-19. Some are buying firearms for the first time right now.

Segments From this episode

COVID-19

Who's getting the $1,200 COVID-19 checks first?

by David Brancaccio , Kimberly Adams and Alex Schroeder
Apr 13, 2020
Those who filed taxes in the past two years and used direct deposit for their refunds will be the first to get the payments, the IRS says.
People who never gave the IRS their bank information may have to wait weeks, if not months, to get their payments.
William Thomas Cain/Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
COVID-19

Should tobacco product sales be banned during the COVID-19 pandemic?

by Jack Stewart
Apr 13, 2020
Some health groups point to early research that indicates smoking and vaping can make COVID-19 symptoms worse.
Some medical experts think that smoking and vaping can make symptoms worse.
Cindy Ord/Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
COVID-19

With COVID-19 comes a surge in gun sales

by Jonathan Levinson
Apr 13, 2020
The FBI reports that background checks in March were up. Some of those purchasing guns are doing so for the first time.
People wait in line at Northwest Armory, a gun store in Portland, Ore., on March 21, 2020, two days before the governor issued a stay-at-home order.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE

Music from the episode

Smoke & Mirrors TOKiMONSTA

The team

David Brancaccio Host
Nicole Childers Executive Producer
Victoria Craig Producer, BBC
Stephen Ryan Producer, BBC
Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC
Daniel Shin Producer
Candace Manriquez Wrenn Producer/Editor
Jay Siebold Engineer
Brian Allison Engineer
Alex Schroeder Digital producer
Meredith Garretson Producer
Rose Conlon Producer
Erika Soderstrom Producer/Director
Education may help close the racial wealth gap, but it isn't a panacea
Education may help close the racial wealth gap, but it isn't a panacea
Infrastructure plan has positives and negatives for GDP
Infrastructure plan has positives and negatives for GDP
Have cold medicine sales declined during the COVID-19 crisis?
COVID-19
Have cold medicine sales declined during the COVID-19 crisis?
Why it's so hard to strike a deal on a global corporate tax
Why it's so hard to strike a deal on a global corporate tax