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Jan 2019
31m 52s

Apple in China, and Payday Lending

TED Audio Collective / Youngme Moon, Mihir Desai, & Felix Oberholzer-Gee
About this episode

Youngme, Felix, and Mihir discuss Apple’s position in the Chinese market; debate whether payday lending is good or bad for workers; and ask whether companies should be doing more to help employees manage cash shortfalls. They also offer their After Hours picks for the week.

You can email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: harvardafterhours@gmail.com. You can follow Youngme and Mihir on Twitter at: @YoungmeMoon and @DesaiMihirA.


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