Jan 13, 2021

How those $600 checks are being spent

A woman pays for a to-go order at a New York restaurant. Some people are splurging a bit and others are putting the relief payment into necessities. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

On today's show: We check in with how a few people are using the COVID-19 relief money. Plus, how baby bonds could help close the racial wealth gap.

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COVID-19

How are people spending their $600 checks?

by Marielle Segarra

Jan 13, 2021

The federal relief payments are going for things like tattoos and electricity bills, paying down debt and helping others.

A woman pays for a to-go order at a New York restaurant. Some people are splurging a bit and others are putting the relief payment into necessities.

Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

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Race and Economy

How baby bonds could help close the racial wealth gap

by Samantha Fields

Jan 13, 2021

A proposed $1,000 savings account for every baby born in the U.S. could improve future outcomes for an entire generation of families.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, above, and Sen. Cory Booker are pushing for baby bonds to help close the racial wealth gap.

Tom Williams/AFP via Getty Images

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Netflix promises a new movie every week. Can it afford that?

by Jasmine Garsd

Jan 13, 2021

Some industry insiders are wondering whether it’s an overly ambitious strategy for the streaming giant.

Netflix is trying a couple of different things to hold on to its subscriber base.

Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

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COVID-19

"Looking after children during the pandemic is uplifting"

by Sean McHenry

Jan 13, 2021

Roopam Carroll runs a day care center in Nottingham, England. She explains how caregivers enable other kinds of work.

Courtesy of Roopam Carroll

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How some British businesses view Brexit now that it's done

by Stephen Beard

Jan 13, 2021

So how does Brexit look today, in the cold light of 2021? Marketplace checked back with three U.K. business owners

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is welcomed by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Dec. 9, 2020.

Aaron Chown/AFP via Getty Images

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The (almost) secret workshops below Capitol Hill

by Kimberly Adams and Annie Rees

Jan 9, 2019

The arrival of a new Congress sets off a flurry of activity on — and under — Capitol Hill.

To restore century-old "Turkish" chairs like this one, Mike Dean will use the original plans and actual horsehair for the stuffing.

Kimberly Adams/Marketplace

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Music from the episode

Last Fare Little People

Forest Funk The Polish Ambassador, Ryan Herr, Tropo, Jesse James Hendricks

Candy Walls TR/ST

Counting Stars Nujabes

Giving Up The Ghost DJ Shadow

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Daisy Palacios Senior Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer

Sean McHenry Associate Producer

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