Remember Reaganomics? Freakonomics? Now there's Bidenomics
Jared Bernstein, President Biden's new top economic adviser, says that Bidenomics is "about getting things that are pretty granular done." And that it's working.
Business
How the Bud Light boycott shows brands at a crossroads: Use their voice, or shut up?
Large companies have played the role of activists and been one of the biggest countervailing forces against social and religious conservatives on LGBTQ measures. All that is at stake now.
Biden makes a case for his economic leadership: low unemployment, growing economy
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Jared Bernstein, recently confirmed chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, about President Biden's "Bidenomics" pitch for the economy.
Morning news brief
Record-breaking heat hits Texas. Five non-travel related cases of malaria have been reported in Texas and Florida. Over $200 billion in pandemic business loans appear to be fraudulent, watchdog says.
Boardrooms reconsider the risks of LGBTQ messaging and other issues
Big brands have become the most visible battlefields for America's culture wars. Should brands take positions on social or political issues?
Over $200 billion in pandemic business loans appear to be fraudulent, a watchdog says
The Office of Inspector General of the Small Business Administration has released a "landscape of fraud" report highlighting why 17% of PPP and other loans appear bogus.
At least $200 billion in pandemic aid potentially went to fraudsters, federal watchdog estimates
Fraudsters stole billions from the Small Business Administration, via the pandemic-era "Paycheck Protection Program." On Tuesday, the SBA inspector general releases an estimate the size of the fraud
Judge blocks a Florida law that would punish venues where kids can see drag shows
The ruling, in a case brought by a Hamburger Mary's restaurant, pauses enforcement of the state's new "Protection of Children" law, which prohibits admitting children to an "adult live performance."
Biden kept Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports. This is who pays the price
Dan Digre makes loudspeakers in Minnesota. But he's importing more of them from China than he used to, thanks to unintended consequences from Trump-era tariffs that President Biden has kept in place.
The Second Biggest Disaster at Mount Vesuvius
Like an increasing number of national parks in the United States, Mount Vesuvius has begun rationing access with a quota system. The system has had some problems.