Megapaca Is Making Millions Off The Clothes You Toss Away
Guatemala-based Megapaca is the number one importer of used clothing from the United States. The company has seen massive success in secondhand retail in Latin America, and now they have their sights ...
28 Syys 202320min
This Cryptocurrency Wants To Scan Your Eyeball
Bloomberg’s Hannah Miller is back today to explain why Sam Altman’s Worldcoin is collecting iris scans in exchange for crypto tokens. Read more: Worldcoin’s Eyeball-Scanning Crypto Dream Is Under Thre...
27 Syys 202320min
US Companies Pledged To Improve Workplace Diversity. And They Have
After the murder of George Floyd and subsequent protests in 2020, corporate America made bold promises to address racial disparities in the workplace. And they delivered. Bloomberg’s Jeff Green and Re...
25 Syys 202325min
NYC Tries Supervised Release Instead Of Jail. Other Cities Are Watching
Hundreds of thousands of people charged with crimes in the US each year are incarcerated while they await trial. Often it’s because they can’t afford to pay bail. New York City’s pretrial supervised r...
25 Syys 202320min
Big Take News Wrap: UN General Assembly. US-Iran Prisoner Swap. UAW Strike
Catch up on some of the week’s biggest stories from the US and across the globe. Bloomberg’s Rosalind Mathieson, Mario Parker and Ben Sills join this episode to talk about the major issues on the tabl...
22 Syys 202322min
Geopolitics Is Shaking Up Economic Alliances
Bloomberg’s Shawn Donnan and Maeva Cousin join this episode to explain how rising political tensions around the world are leading to a re-ordering of trade and commerce into rival economic blocs. Read...
21 Syys 202329min
Here's How Workers Describe Dollar General. Brace Yourself
The Dollar General retail chain has 19,000-plus locations, more than Walmart and Wendy’s combined. Its business model is to open in towns too small to support bigger retailers, sell necessities at low...
20 Syys 202324min
It’s Tough Being A Blue City In A Red State
Bloomberg Businessweek national political correspondent Joshua Green joins this episode to describe a political phenomenon that’s emerging in parts of the US: red states encroaching on blue cities. In...
19 Syys 202325min
