Episode 24: Effects of Unions

This week's current events: The New York Times released an analysis of what immigration policy under Trump might look like We returned to the brink of a government shutdown Moody's downgraded the U.S.'s credit outlook A recent government bond auction went worse than expected The U.S. has attacked Iranian proxies in Syria Xi Jinping is visiting the U.S. with a backdrop of the two companies becoming more distant economically Heirloom Carbon has opened the first commercial carbon capture facility in the U.S. Home insurance in Florida is becoming more scarce and more expensive Our deep dive this week is about how unions work for people and the economy at large. We take a look at the evidence of unions' effects on wages, benefits, innovation, inequality, and more.