3 Percent Economic Growth: Is It Possible?
President Trump's budget is predicated on 3 percent growth in the U.S. economy. Nick Timiraos of The Wall Street Journal talks with Scott Simon about whether it's possible.
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Market Forces May Impact Emissions More Than Climate Agreements
Today President Trump is at the G7 summit and high on the agenda is climate change. Many world leaders are imploring Trump stay in the global climate agreement, but emissions are going down already.
Episode 774: Unspeakable Trademark
You can name your business whatever you want. But the government won't register it as a trademark if it thinks it's offensive. It gets weird when you try to decide what is too offensive to trademark.
LeBron James' Return To Cleveland Illustrates Remarkable Economic Experiment
Professional sports generate a tremendous amount of money, but it's tricky to know exactly what part of sports generates that money. LeBron James unintentionally ran a nearly perfect economic experiment by unexpectedly leaving Cleveland and then, three years later, returning with almost no warning. A pair of economists have now used James' prodigal son data to look at the financial impact a single superstar can have on a local economy.
A Proposed New Tax, Mainly On Latinos, To Pay For Trump's Border Wall
It's called the Border Wall Funding Act of 2017. And it would place a new tax on money being wired to Latin America and the Caribbean.
Americans For Prosperity's Tim Phillips On Trump's Budget Proposal
President Trump's new budget plan sets up a fight between Trump's populists and small-government advocates. Steve Inskeep talks with Tim Phillips of the Koch-associated group Americans for Prosperity.
Boom Time Again For U.S. Oil Industry, Thanks To OPEC
The oil industry is coming out of a two-year slump after OPEC cut production. In oil-rich North Dakota, there are more energy jobs than available workers and local businesses are seeing a revival.
NBA All-Star Game Will Return To Charlotte In 2019
The NBA All-Star game is headed back to Charlotte in 2019, a couple of years later than anticipated.
Why Colleges Already Face Race-Related Challenges In Serving Future Students
By 2020 more than half of children in the U.S. will be part of an ethnic or racial minority. Colleges and universities are figuring out how to prepare for them.
Trump Budget Plan Relies On Optimistic Growth Assumptions, Analysts Say
President Trump's proposed budget released Tuesday rests on a key assumption: The economy will grow much faster than it has in recent years — and at a more robust pace than most analysts predict.