How To Live On A Disappearing Island
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Investors Rattled As President Trump's Trade War Heats Up Again
President Trump's trade war is heating up again, with threats of new tariffs on France, Brazil and Argentina. The sudden shifts have rattled investors, who'd come to believe a truce was near.
Stocks Slide As Trump Says China Trade Deal Might Wait Until After 2020 Election
"A China trade deal is dependent on one thing — do I want to make it," the president said, adding, "In some ways, I like the idea of waiting until after the election for the China deal."
A More Constitutional Way To Tax The Rich?
Over the last year, the media has focused on a wealth tax. But there's another type of wealth taxation also on the table, and it might stand a better chance of surviving judicial review.
What Is The Trump Administration's Strategy For Trade Battles?
NPR's Noel King talks to Stephen Vaughn, former general counsel at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, about the U.S.-China trade war, and about U.S. trade policy in other parts of the world.
Dean Foods Declares Bankruptcy. Milk Co-Op May Take Over Dean's Plants
A decline in milk consumption has helped to drive a giant U.S. milk company into bankruptcy. A dairy cooperative may buy most of Dean Foods "to make sure all that milk keeps flowing."
His Company Makes Speakers. Now He's Speaking Out, Opposing Tariffs
The trade war with China is weighing on America's manufacturers. "[The tariff burden] comes out of our bottom line," says Dan Digre, president of Misco, a speaker-maker in Minnesota.
Researchers Find A Remarkable Ripple Effect When You Give Cash To Poor Families
Research suggests the most effective way to help poor people can be to give them no-strings-attached cash. Now a new study finds even neighbors who don't get the aid benefit.
The Business Of Congress Besides Impeachment
Believe it or not, other business is being conducted on Capitol Hill.
Politics Of Pain: Ireland, Britain And Brexit
We check in with journalist Fintan O'Toole about how Ireland is handling Brexit.