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    Inauguration Day: Live Updates
    Tenants' rights advocates protesting evictions during the pandemic in Boston this month. They want the Biden administration to not only extend, but also strengthen, an eviction order from the CDC aimed at keeping people in their homes during the outbreak
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    Biden To Extend Order Limiting Pandemic Evictions

    Jan 20, 2021
    On his first day in office, the president plans to sign an executive order extending the CDC's moratorium on evictions. Housing advocates say the CDC rule needs to be strengthened.
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    Biden Transition Updates
    President-elect Joe Biden's pick to lead the Treasury Department, Janet Yellen, here in 2019, is urging greater federal spending to cope with the pandemic and to help boost the struggling economy.
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    Yellen Urges Congress To 'Act Big' To Prop Up Pandemic-Scarred Economy

    Jan 19, 2021
    At her confirmation hearing Tuesday, Treasury Secretary-designate Janet Yellen warned that without more federal help, the recession would last longer and be more painful than necessary.
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    Planet Money
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    Why Nations Fail, America Edition

    Jan 19, 2021
    We talk with the authors of Why Nations Fail about whether the Capitol insurrection is a sign that our nation is failing and, if so, whether there's anything we can do about it.
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    Economy

    Martin Luther King Jr.'s Vision For Economic Justice

    Jan 18, 2021
    NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Michael Tubbs, Stockton, Calif., ex-mayor and founder of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, on how Martin Luther King Jr. impacted the fight for universal basic income.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    People walk in Wuhan on Jan. 10, the eve of the first anniversary of China confirming its first COVID-19 death. Chinese officials said on Monday that its economy managed to grow 2.3% in 2020.
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    China Says Its Economy, Recovering From The Pandemic, Grew 2.3% Last Year

    Jan 18, 2021
    China's is likely the only major economy to have expanded in 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic gripped the world.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Then presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at a "Build Back Better" Clean Energy event on July 14, 2020. On Thursday, Biden unveiled an ambitious economic plan just days before he's set to be inaugurated as president.
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    $1,400 Checks And Help For The Jobless: What's In Biden's Plan To Rescue The Economy

    Jan 14, 2021
    President-elect Joe Biden is proposing a $1.9 trillion plan to address the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting economic crisis.
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    Politics

    Biden To Reveal His Emergency Pandemic Relief Plan

    Jan 14, 2021
    President-elect Joe Biden is set on Thursday to outline his plan for a coronavirus relief package that he wants Congress to act upon quickly after he takes office.
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    Business

    Texas Customer's Call-In Order Helps LA Restaurant Pay It Forward

    Jan 14, 2021
    Brooke Williamson, a celebrity chef in Los Angeles, explains how an order for a meal that would never be picked up, has led to hundreds of other acts of kindness: food for people in need.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Skepticism about COVID-19 vaccinations has prompted suggestions that the government should pay people to get the shots. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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    Should The Government Pay People To Get Vaccinated? Some Economists Think So

    Jan 13, 2021
    Dr. Anthony Fauci says the country will likely need a vaccination level of between 70% and 90% to reach herd immunity. Right now, that math doesn't quite add up.
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    Coronavirus Pandemic Changes Detroit's Water Shut-Off Policy

    Jan 12, 2021
    The $900 billion coronavirus package includes funding for low-income households in need of water assistance. The issue is big in Detroit, where water had been turned off if a customer hasn't paid.
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    Planet Money
    Babe Ruth, a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, in 1918. That year, World War I and the Spanish flu pandemic slashed MLB game attendance by over half from what it was in the previous season.
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    What 1919 Teaches Us About Pent-Up Demand

    Jan 12, 2021
    A hundred years ago, a world war and a pandemic wreaked havoc on baseball and other industries. But pent-up demand helped them come roaring back.
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    National
    The drilling rig Polar Pioneer outfitting for arctic oil exploration in 2015. A proposed rule from the Trump administration would force banks to offer financing to oil companies, gun-makers, and high-cost payday lenders, even if the banks don't want to d
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    Trump Regulator's Rule Would Force Banks To Lend To Gun-Makers And Oil Drillers

    Jan 11, 2021
    The Trump administration is trying to force banks to make loans to gun-makers and to finance payday lenders. Critics call the move bizarre. It's opposed by watchdog groups and banks.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    With coronavirus cases surging in December, restaurants, movie theaters and other businesses that rely on in-person traffic struggled, weighing on the U.S. job market.
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    Pandemic Pricetag: U.S. Employers Cut 140,000 Jobs In December

    Jan 08, 2021
    The runaway pandemic put more pressure on the U.S. job market last month. Employers shed 140,000 jobs as the unemployment rate held steady at 6.7%.
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    Biden Transition Updates
    President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be his labor secretary. Here, the two look at renderings for a Boston park in 2019.
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    Biden Taps Boston Mayor Marty Walsh As Labor Secretary

    Jan 07, 2021
    If confirmed by the Senate, Walsh would be the first union member to serve in this role in nearly half a century, Biden's transition team says.
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    Business
    The New York Stock Exchange is moving to delist three Chinese telecom companies, saying on Wednesday that it will go ahead with the plan after receiving feedback from the Treasury Department.
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    NYSE Reverses Itself Again, Moving To Delist 3 Large Chinese Telecoms

    Jan 06, 2021
    The reversal comes one day after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reportedly criticized the New York Stock Exchange's decision not to delist the companies.
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    Business
    The New York Stock Exchange is backing off plans to delist shares of three Chinese companies, including China Telecom Corp. One of the company's stores is seen here in Hong Kong on Monday.
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    NYSE Will Not Delist 3 Chinese Telecoms Trump Administration Wanted Removed

    Jan 05, 2021
    The Trump administration has alleged that some Chinese companies funnel money to China's military. China had threatened to retaliate for the move.
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    Have You Been Evicted During The Pandemic, Or Afraid Of Losing Your Home?

    Jan 05, 2021
    NPR wants to hear from you if you have lost income and couldn't pay rent to your landlord or needed a mortgage forbearance.
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    Business

    Extended Paycheck Protection Program May Not Be Enough To Help Small Businesses

    Jan 01, 2021
    Many small businesses are hanging by a thread right now. Congress has approved another round of loans to help keep their doors open, but it won't be enough to help the hardest hit.
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    National

    News Brief: COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout, 2021 Economy, Brexit

    Jan 01, 2021
    The United States' COVID-19 vaccine rollout process has gotten off to a slow start. We look back and ahead at the economy. And, The UK officially departs from the EU.
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    Economy

    What's Ahead For The Economy In 2021?

    Jan 01, 2021
    2021 could be a year of healing for both people and the economy. As the calendar turns over a new year, we'll look back at how the economy fared in 2020 and at what lies ahead.
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    Business
    Yvette Arrington with the New York Stock Exchange trading floor operations watches the market slide on March 9 as coronavirus fears grip the financial markets.
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    Stocks 2020: A Stunning Crash, Then A Record-Setting Boom Created Centibillionaires

    Dec 31, 2020
    The stock market meltdown made way to a stunning rebound that made the rich a lot richer. What happened?
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    News
    Ron Rosmann, shown here in 2011, raises hogs and grows crops organically near Harlan, Iowa.
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    Farmers Got A Government Bailout In 2020, Even Those Who Didn't Need It

    Dec 30, 2020
    Farmers stand out among those who got federal aid in 2020. Total payments to farmers reached $46 billion, a record. Many farmers received more than $100,000, yet didn't necessarily need the help.
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    Planet Money
    Happy New Year!
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    How To Make A New Year's Resolution

    Dec 29, 2020
    A new study looks at ways to make New Year's resolutions succeed.
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    Business
    The Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh is one of a number of hotels in the Omni Hotels & Resorts chain that accepted federal Paycheck Protection Program funds but did not use them to pay workers.
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    Omni Hotels Accepted Millions In PPP Funds But Didn't Pay Workers

    Dec 29, 2020
    Critics accuse the luxury hotel chain owned by billionaire Robert B. Rowling of taking money that could have helped small businesses or other companies that might have used it to pay their workers.
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    Economy

    Trump Signs Pandemic Relief Bill. How Will The Package Help Americans?

    Dec 28, 2020
    President Trump signed a pandemic relief bill that provides hundreds of billions of dollars in aid for struggling families and businesses. But his delay in signing may cost jobless workers some help.
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