What it’s like to be one of 1.8 million long-term unemployed Americans. Plus: the hidden cost of loyalty apps and a surge in lone star ticks.
A look at the bond market, a trade deal with Canada, and all the rest of the week’s economic news.
Ticks are spreading in the U.S., and carrying diseases like Lyme and alpha-gal syndrome, which causes an allergy to red meat. That could cost the livestock industry billions.
Christopher Joe runs birdwatching tours on his father’s Black Angus cattle farm in Alabama.
More than a quarter of people who are unemployed have now been out of work for at least 27 weeks. Some for much longer.
Reece Rogers, a senior writer at Wired, requested a copy of the data McDonald’s keeps on him based on his use of the loyalty app.
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