Dec 20, 2021

What Manchin’s derailing of Build Back Better could mean for the economy

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Plus: What two years of no student loan payments has meant for borrowers and a look at whether WFH fashion is here to stay.

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How government spending can affect inflation

by Amanda Peacher

Dec 20, 2021

What's the link between government funding for aid and new programs and that 6.8% inflation rate?

Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, said Thursday that he had agreed to support the Biden administration's climate change package.

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Apparent death of Build Back Better has climate scientists searching for a solution

by Andy Uhler

Dec 20, 2021

"We don't really have a plan without the Build Back Better Act to stop the warming," a UC Santa Barbara professor says.

The Build Back Better bill includes more than $550 billion in environmental initiatives, like tax credits for companies and consumers that install solar panels.

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The pandemic is still in charge of the economy — and economic forecasts

While economists at Goldman Sachs likely won’t be the last to drop their growth forecasts for next year, the forecasting business itself is still full of unknowns. “Marketplace” host Amy Scott spoke with Wendy Edelberg, director of The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution, about the atmosphere for economic forecasts.

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New lender aims to boost access to credit for Native farmers, ranchers

by Savannah Peters

Dec 20, 2021

Indigenous agricultural producers say they've had it with the federal government's loan programs.

The Native American Agriculture Fund’s financial institution will support the tribe-owned community banks that many Indigenous producers use.

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Payments and interest on federal student loans set to resume after nearly 2 years

by Samantha Fields

Dec 20, 2021

More than 40 million borrowers with federal student loans have had a respite through the pandemic. That ends Jan. 31.

Activists hold festive signs calling on President Joe Biden to cancel student debt.

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Workplace Culture

Sweatpants have gone professional, and there's no going back

by Meghan McCarty Carino

Dec 20, 2021

The comfy remote uniforms are emblematic of the blurring between home and work.

In his experiments, social psychologist Adam Galinsky found that while “traditional work clothing” made some remote workers feel more powerful, “home clothing” made them feel authentic and more engaged in their work.

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The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Andie Corban Producer I

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

Richard Cunningham Associate Producer I

Dylan Miettinen Associate Digital Producer

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