Mar 5, 2020

Money can’t buy love — or an election

How will COVID-19 be reflected in the jobs report? Michael Bloomberg spends half a billion dollars before dropping out of the 2020 race. What the employment contracts of 18th-century pirates can teach us.

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Money in politics helps, but it's not everything

by Kimberly Adams

Mar 5, 2020

Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg dropped out of the presidential race after spending a record half a billion dollars.

Mike Bloomberg suspended his presidential campaign Wednesday.

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EEC: Econ 101

Pirates could teach us a thing or two about fair pay

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon

Mar 5, 2020

Equality abounded on the open sea.

"Pirate articles," or contracts that stipulated compensation, were sort of like worker cooperatives of their time.

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Should I Stay or Should I Go - Remastered The Clash

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David Brancaccio Host

Victoria Craig Host, BBC

Stephen Ryan Producer, BBC

Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC

Daniel Shin Producer

Jay Siebold Technical Director

Brian Allison Engineer

Meredith Garretson Producer

Erika Soderstrom Producer

Rose Conlon Producer

Alex Schroeder Producer

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