Month: May 2025

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Motley Fool Money - How Governments Shape Markets

Even in free markets, governments still make plays.

Chris Hughes is a co-founder of Facebook and an economist who specializes in the history of Fed policy. He is also the author of “MarketCrafters: The 100-Year Struggle to Shape the American Economy.” Hughes joined Ricky Mulvey to discuss:

- Modern examples of American “market craft.”

- How to fix the housing crisis.

- What we did and didn’t get from $2 trillion in COVID aid.


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Up First from NPR - India and Pakistan Agree Ceasefire, Food Stamps Data, Nuclear Reactor Watchdog

India and Pakistan agree to a full and immediate ceasefire. It follows US-led talks. Plus, NPR learns that the Department of Agriculture is demanding states hand over the personal data of those receiving food stamps. Critics fear the information could be used to carry out deportations. Also, the Trump administration tightens its control over the independent agency regulating America's nuclear reactors.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BITCOIN SEASON 2: Bitcoin OP_RETURN War Explained

Bitcoin developers are clashing over relaxing OP_RETURN limits. This technical debate about arbitrary data on Bitcoin has sparked divisions about what constitutes "spam" and revealed tensions between Bitcoin Core devs and those seeking a "purer" Bitcoin experience.


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What started as a technical proposal has exploded into community division, with accusations of "destroying Bitcoin" flying around. The hosts break down what OP_RETURN is, why some devs want to increase its size limit, and why others view it as enabling "spam" on the blockchain. At its core, this fight reveals deeper tensions about who controls Bitcoin's future and what the network should be used for.


Notes:

- OP_RETURN limit currently set at 83 bytes

- Proposal would increase limit to ~1 megabyte

- 30-45% of Bitcoin transactions are "non-financial"

- Bitcoin Knots node usage has grown to 7-8%

- Out-of-band transactions bypass node relay

- Core devs facing diminished community trust


Timestamps:

00:00:00:00 Start

00:00:36:16 Why's everyone so mad?

00:02:04:14 Claim your bias

00:04:00:03 The backstory

00:08:27:09 Changing the OP_RETRUN limit

00:11:24:06 Post to relax the limit

00:15:39:23 Out of Band payment

00:17:39:06 Standard vs valid consensus

00:19:52:29 What is spam?

00:28:41:05 Arch Network

00:29:13:14 Cons of increasing the limit

00:32:34:25 That's too "woke" bro!

00:35:56:27 Knots

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WSJ What’s News - What’s News in Markets: Disney Shines, Cleveland-Cliffs Slides, Boeing Climbs

Why did Disney’s Middle East expansion wow investors? And how is steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs slowing down its operations? Plus, how did Boeing benefit from the U.S.-U.K. trade agreement? Host Francesca Fontana discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.

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Honestly with Bari Weiss - Meet Casey Means, Trump’s Pick for Surgeon General

There’s an endearing saying that the U.S. surgeon general’s primary role is to be the nation’s family doctor. They represent America’s medical community, educate the public on current health risks, and wield tremendous influence over medical and scientific information.


On Thursday, President Trump nominated Dr. Casey Means to take on this important role.


Casey’s background is unique. After attending Stanford Medical School, she dropped out of her residency program in her ninth year, when she realized the course wasn’t addressing the root causes of illness.


Since then, she, along with her brother Calley Means, co-founded Levels, a company focused on glucose monitoring, and the pair co-authored Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health.


In recent years, she has been a leading figure in the Make America Healthy Again movement, speaking out against pharmaceutical, food, and chemical companies, and advocating for “root cause” medicine.


We had Casey on Honestly back in 2022, and today, we’re replaying that episode so you can better understand who Casey Means is, what she believes, how we got so sick, and how she wants to tackle chronic illness.


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Everything Everywhere Daily - Dubrovnik

Located on the Adriatic Sea in the southernmost part of Croatia is the city of Dubrovnik. 

Founded in the 7th century, it rose in prominence and became one of the leading city-states in Europe. 

It was a major competitor with Venice in the region and had complicated relations with both the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. 

It was the site of one of the most brutal sieges in post-WWII Europe, and today it has become one of the top tourist destinations in the world.

Learn more about Dubrovnik and its long, complicated history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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NBN Book of the Day - Globalization’s Backlash: Echoes of the Interwar Era in Today’s World

This week on International Horizons, RBI Director John Torpey interviews historian Tara Zahra, author of Against the World: Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars (W.W. Norton, 2023). Zahra reflects on the historical parallels between the current backlash against globalization and the anti-globalist movements of the interwar period. She highlights how economic insecurity, the rise of mass politics, and anxieties over immigration and trade shaped political reactions in both eras, while noting key differences—such as the role of environmentalism today and the absence of a world war in recent memory. Zahra also discusses the collapse of the international economic system in the 1930s, the ideological diversity of anti-globalist movements, and the legacy of Bretton Woods. She proposes that revisiting elements of the post-WWII international order, including regional cooperation and economic stabilization, may offer insight into managing today’s fractured global landscape.

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