When it comes to the cost of raising a child from infancy to the age of 17 in the United States – it's hard to settle on a precise figure.
There's one thing we do know – it's going to be expensive.
By some estimates, raising a kid, who was born in 2015, could cost a middle class family close to $320,000 over 17 years.
That money goes to childcare, healthcare, food, clothes, education, transportation, activities, toys, and a lot more. All of those things will be affected – one way or another – by the Trump administration's tariff policy.
And the companies that sell products geared at those raising kids – they're going to feel the pinch as well. One CEO argues it could even mean certain products will become unavailable.
Being a parent in the U.S. is already expensive. Slapping tariffs on the products kids use could make it more so.
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Consider This from NPR - Raising kids is costly; Tariffs will make it even more expensive
When it comes to the cost of raising a child from infancy to the age of 17 in the United States – it's hard to settle on a precise figure.
There's one thing we do know – it's going to be expensive.
By some estimates, raising a kid, who was born in 2015, could cost a middle class family close to $320,000 over 17 years.
That money goes to childcare, healthcare, food, clothes, education, transportation, activities, toys, and a lot more. All of those things will be affected – one way or another – by the Trump administration's tariff policy.
And the companies that sell products geared at those raising kids – they're going to feel the pinch as well. One CEO argues it could even mean certain products will become unavailable.
Being a parent in the U.S. is already expensive. Slapping tariffs on the products kids use could make it more so.
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There's one thing we do know – it's going to be expensive.
By some estimates, raising a kid, who was born in 2015, could cost a middle class family close to $320,000 over 17 years.
That money goes to childcare, healthcare, food, clothes, education, transportation, activities, toys, and a lot more. All of those things will be affected – one way or another – by the Trump administration's tariff policy.
And the companies that sell products geared at those raising kids – they're going to feel the pinch as well. One CEO argues it could even mean certain products will become unavailable.
Being a parent in the U.S. is already expensive. Slapping tariffs on the products kids use could make it more so.
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Consider This from NPR - Raising kids is costly; Tariffs will make it even more expensive
When it comes to the cost of raising a child from infancy to the age of 17 in the United States – it's hard to settle on a precise figure.
There's one thing we do know – it's going to be expensive.
By some estimates, raising a kid, who was born in 2015, could cost a middle class family close to $320,000 over 17 years.
That money goes to childcare, healthcare, food, clothes, education, transportation, activities, toys, and a lot more. All of those things will be affected – one way or another – by the Trump administration's tariff policy.
And the companies that sell products geared at those raising kids – they're going to feel the pinch as well. One CEO argues it could even mean certain products will become unavailable.
Being a parent in the U.S. is already expensive. Slapping tariffs on the products kids use could make it more so.
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There's one thing we do know – it's going to be expensive.
By some estimates, raising a kid, who was born in 2015, could cost a middle class family close to $320,000 over 17 years.
That money goes to childcare, healthcare, food, clothes, education, transportation, activities, toys, and a lot more. All of those things will be affected – one way or another – by the Trump administration's tariff policy.
And the companies that sell products geared at those raising kids – they're going to feel the pinch as well. One CEO argues it could even mean certain products will become unavailable.
Being a parent in the U.S. is already expensive. Slapping tariffs on the products kids use could make it more so.
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1A - The Effect Of Tariffs On Small Businesses
President Donald Trump promised tariffs on the campaign trail. Those tariffs are here – but how much of them, where, and on who, has changed a few times.
Here's where things stand right now: President Trump rolled tariff rates back to a baseline ten percent for most countries, but raised the tariffs on China to 145 percent. Global trading markets plunged due to a series of rapid shifts in trade policy.
We discuss how these policies affect small businesses, many of which have to rely on goods that come from other countries.
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Here's where things stand right now: President Trump rolled tariff rates back to a baseline ten percent for most countries, but raised the tariffs on China to 145 percent. Global trading markets plunged due to a series of rapid shifts in trade policy.
We discuss how these policies affect small businesses, many of which have to rely on goods that come from other countries.
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Up First from NPR - Trump Wants Powell Out, Administration Risks Contempt, and Homegrowns Are Next
President Trump is feuding with Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell. This all comes as Americans are feeling gloomier about the economy. Also, a judge found probable cause to find the government in criminal contempt, ruling that the Trump administration willfully disregarded an order to turn back airplanes carrying deported migrants to El Salvador, and President Trump says he is looking into whether the U.S. can detain citizens who commit crimes in overseas prisons.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Gerry Holmes, Eric Westervelt, Rafael Nam, Janaya Williams and Mohamad ElBardicy.
It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. And our technical director is David Greenburg.
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Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.
Today's episode of Up First was edited by Gerry Holmes, Eric Westervelt, Rafael Nam, Janaya Williams and Mohamad ElBardicy.
It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. And our technical director is David Greenburg.
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The Indicator from Planet Money - Economic lessons learned from Investopedia (and Ferris Bueller)
The current economic upheaval has lots of us scrambling for our glossaries and history books.
Today on the show, the editor-in-chief of Investopedia walks us through three vocab terms — spanning topics from tariff history to market volatility — that are spiking on the website lately.
Related listening:
What can we learn from the year's most popular econ terms?
What's a moneyline bet anyway? (Apple / Spotify)
Why tariffs are SO back (Apple / Spotify)
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Today on the show, the editor-in-chief of Investopedia walks us through three vocab terms — spanning topics from tariff history to market volatility — that are spiking on the website lately.
Related listening:
What can we learn from the year's most popular econ terms?
What's a moneyline bet anyway? (Apple / Spotify)
Why tariffs are SO back (Apple / Spotify)
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NPR's Book of the Day - A new cookbook by Darjeeling Express chef Asma Khan was inspired by seasonal cooking
Asma Khan grew up in India, where late summer means monsoon season. But it wasn't until she moved to England in the '90s that she learned how to cook. At 45, after earning a PhD in constitutional law, she opened Darjeeling Express. The London restaurant made her into a celebrity chef and an authority on Indian food. Now, Khan is out with a new cookbook called Monsoon, which celebrates a seasonal approach to cooking. In today's episode, Khan speaks with NPR's Asma Khalid about making a big career change in her 40s, her commitment to an all-women kitchen staff, and the meaning of modular cooking.
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Consider This from NPR - Can the U.S. banish its citizens?
The Trump administration's move to send immigrants to a maximum security prison in El Salvador is the subject of multiple on-going fights in court.
But in an Oval Office meeting with the Salvadoran president this week, President Trump was already looking ahead.
"We also have homegrown criminals that push people into subways, that hit elderly ladies on the back of the head with a baseball bat when they're not looking, that are absolute monsters. I'd like to include them in the group of people to get them out of the country," Trump said.
Trump later clarified that by "homegrown criminals" he meant U.S. citizens.
No president has tried to do exactly what Trump is proposing.
In this episode, we hear from someone who argues it's wildly unconstitutional.
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But in an Oval Office meeting with the Salvadoran president this week, President Trump was already looking ahead.
"We also have homegrown criminals that push people into subways, that hit elderly ladies on the back of the head with a baseball bat when they're not looking, that are absolute monsters. I'd like to include them in the group of people to get them out of the country," Trump said.
Trump later clarified that by "homegrown criminals" he meant U.S. citizens.
No president has tried to do exactly what Trump is proposing.
In this episode, we hear from someone who argues it's wildly unconstitutional.
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Consider This from NPR - Can the U.S. banish its citizens?
The Trump administration's move to send immigrants to a maximum security prison in El Salvador is the subject of multiple on-going fights in court.
But in an Oval Office meeting with the Salvadoran president this week, President Trump was already looking ahead.
"We also have homegrown criminals that push people into subways, that hit elderly ladies on the back of the head with a baseball bat when they're not looking, that are absolute monsters. I'd like to include them in the group of people to get them out of the country," Trump said.
Trump later clarified that by "homegrown criminals" he meant U.S. citizens.
No president has tried to do exactly what Trump is proposing.
In this episode, we hear from someone who argues it's wildly unconstitutional.
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But in an Oval Office meeting with the Salvadoran president this week, President Trump was already looking ahead.
"We also have homegrown criminals that push people into subways, that hit elderly ladies on the back of the head with a baseball bat when they're not looking, that are absolute monsters. I'd like to include them in the group of people to get them out of the country," Trump said.
Trump later clarified that by "homegrown criminals" he meant U.S. citizens.
No president has tried to do exactly what Trump is proposing.
In this episode, we hear from someone who argues it's wildly unconstitutional.
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Consider This from NPR - Can the U.S. banish its citizens?
The Trump administration's move to send immigrants to a maximum security prison in El Salvador is the subject of multiple on-going fights in court.
But in an Oval Office meeting with the Salvadoran president this week, President Trump was already looking ahead.
"We also have homegrown criminals that push people into subways, that hit elderly ladies on the back of the head with a baseball bat when they're not looking, that are absolute monsters. I'd like to include them in the group of people to get them out of the country," Trump said.
Trump later clarified that by "homegrown criminals" he meant U.S. citizens.
No president has tried to do exactly what Trump is proposing.
In this episode, we hear from someone who argues it's wildly unconstitutional.
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But in an Oval Office meeting with the Salvadoran president this week, President Trump was already looking ahead.
"We also have homegrown criminals that push people into subways, that hit elderly ladies on the back of the head with a baseball bat when they're not looking, that are absolute monsters. I'd like to include them in the group of people to get them out of the country," Trump said.
Trump later clarified that by "homegrown criminals" he meant U.S. citizens.
No president has tried to do exactly what Trump is proposing.
In this episode, we hear from someone who argues it's wildly unconstitutional.
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