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Jun 2023
17m 30s

Recession? What recession?

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Some economists have been warning of an imminent recession in the United States for over a year now. But so far, it has yet to strike. We’ll get into the different ways economists are thinking about how a so-called recession might play out. Also, humans are having a profound, literally axis-shifting impact on Planet Earth. And, how company crackdowns on sharing memberships hurt single people.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

    • President Joe Biden claps back at Sen. Tommy Tuberville in a tweet.

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