Feb 17, 2025

How insecurity can worsen inequality

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One of the key themes of American life right now is uncertainty — from the rising cost of living to the toll of natural disasters.

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The links among economic uncertainty, insecurity and inequality

by David Brancaccio and Ariana Rosas

Feb 17, 2025

Alissa Quart of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project observes that a sense of precarity has spread to America's middle class.

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New policies may part the waters for ocean mining

by Daniel Ackerman

Feb 17, 2025

President Trump seems more likely to support deep-sea mineral extraction than President Biden did. But do we need those ocean floor metals?

Gerard Barron, CEO of the Metals Co., with a research ship in 2021. His firm is eyeing the Pacific for deep-sea metal extraction.

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David Brancaccio Host

Leanna Byrne Host, BBC

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Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer

Alex Schroeder Producer

Erika Soderstrom Producer

Ariana Rosas Producer

Nic Perez Director/Producer

Dylan Miettinen Digital Producer

John Bruington Media Producer

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James Graham Producer, BBC

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