Oct 21, 2021

Were COVID relief funds fairly distributed to tribal governments?

A man walks outside the Administration Center at the Lower Brule Indian Reservation on April 22, 2020 in Lower Brule, South Dakota. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images

Also on the show today: The Federal Reserve overhauls investment rules for policymakers, rental properties move into the hands of private equity firms and how U.S. energy storage efforts are faring.

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New trading restrictions for top Fed officials

Rachel Siegel, business reporter at the Washington Post, joins Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal to chat about the Fed’s new rules banning top policymakers from owning and trading individual stocks and bonds.

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Carbon offsets can be tough to get right

by Sabri Ben-Achour

Oct 21, 2021

If you can't pollute less, pay someone else to pollute less for you. Carbon offsets sound simple but are complicated in practice.

According to the Ecosystem Marketplace, the global carbon offset market is worth around $750 million. Above, a pilot carbon dioxide capture plant in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Ida Guldbaek Arentsen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images

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In the transition to renewables, energy storage is a hot topic

by Andy Uhler

Oct 21, 2021

When the wind is blowing and the sun is shining, how can we store power to use when they aren't?

"The way that we're defining this...is not just about those water volumes, it's also about water quality, and also about access to water for the poor," Pacific Institute President Jason Morrison said about the Water Resilience Coalition.

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COVID-19

Were tribal government COVID relief funds fairly distributed?

by Savannah Peters

Oct 21, 2021

The American Rescue Plan earmarked $20 billion for tribal governments. But the allocation formula favored a handful of tribes.

Though the American Rescue Plan set aside more than $20 billion for tribal governments, more than half of the money was given to 30 tribal entities. Above, the bill enrollment for the American Rescue Plan before its signing ceremony in March.

Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

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It's a tight, tight, tight, tight labor market

Elizabeth Crofoot, senior economist at the Conference Board, and Erica Groshen, former commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, chat about a labor market that is tightening and in flux.

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Pandemic puts more rental properties in private equity hands

by Caroline Champlin

Oct 21, 2021

Investment firms might be able to pay more for renovations, but critics say they accelerate evictions.

With landlords dealing with financial stress brought on by COVID, selling properties to private equity firms can be appealing.

Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

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Is racist housing policy the real villain in "Candyman"?

by Kai Ryssdal and Richard Cunningham

Oct 21, 2021

Brentin Mock of Bloomberg CityLab says Candyman represents what bad, racist housing policy created and what gentrification tries to erase.

A crew demolishes part of Chicago's Cabrini-Green housing project in 2011. The site, which now hosts luxury apartments and high-end shops, is the setting for the horror film "Candyman."

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Music from the episode

Headlines (feat. Westside Gunn, Conway & Benny) DJ Premier, Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, Benny The Butcher

Big Break Ensemble Entendu

Melloton Liam Huston

Benzoin Gum MF DOOM

Wonton Medeski, Martin & Wood

Lost in Florence Kendall Miles, I Eat Plants for a Living

Wait for Me Swim Mountain

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

Richard Cunningham Associate Producer I

Dylan Miettinen Associate Digital Producer

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