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
What Do Striking US Auto Workers Want?
On Friday, US auto workers started an unprecedented strike against all three of the legacy Detroit carmakers. If the standoff isn’t resolved quickly, it could ripple through the US economy. Bloomberg...
18 Syys 202320min
India Flexes Its Growing Global Power
There were many global issues on the table at the G-20 summit in New Delhi. But arguably the real center of attention at the India meeting was India itself–and the ambitious agenda of Prime Minister N...
15 Syys 202320min
Low Pay, Long Hours, Rude Customers. Retail Workers Have Had It
Retail work has always been hard – long hours and weekend shifts on your feet, a lower pay scale and dealing with disgruntled customers. But in our post-pandemic economy, those issues have only been a...
14 Syys 202325min
