From retail to fast food to nursing, one-day strikes have been a growing trend over the last decade.
But what makes one-day strikes more or less effective than longer strikes? Do they achieve the same goals?
On today's show, what do short strikes say about union power in the US and what can you accomplish with only 24 hours on the picket line.
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What's gone wrong at Boeing? For many observers, the mistake was shifting focus from engineering to financial engineering.
Today on the show we explain what financial engineering is and why this cultural change at Boeing may have led to the company's current problems.
Related Episodes:
Help Wanted at Boeing
Boeing's woes, Bilt jilts, and the Indicator's stock rally
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Articles of Interest - The Memory Palace
Nate Dimeo is a longtime radio hero of mine. And praises be, now he has a book out of his stories, called The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of The Past. Enjoy this sampler of his audiobook and a favorite episode of mine.
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President-elect Donald Trump made a lot of economic promises on the campaign trail, but none as sweeping as his plan to enact tariffs. Trump believes taxing imports from other countries will help reduce the U.S. trade deficit and raise money for things like tax cuts. Today on the show, how might these tariffs work and will they work? Or is everything about to get more expensive?
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Find more of Kyla Scanlon's work on YouTube and TikTok.
Related episodes:
What are Trump's economic plans (Apple / Spotify)
Why tariffs are SO back (Apple / Spotify)
Trade wars and talent shortages (Apple / Spotify)
A brief history of tariffs
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