Sarah Gonzalez
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To catch drug traffickers, the U.S. government tried something it had never tried before. It set up and ran a fake offshore bank for money laundering. Fake name. Fake employees. Real drug money.
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In 2010, Panera launched several pay-what-you-want cafes. On today's show: We talk to Panera founder Ron Shaich about how this turned out.
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The first government shutdown in history was in 1879, when former Confederate Democrats in Congress refused to fund the government unless protections for black voters went away.
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In 1879, Congress and the President were locked in a battle over the rights of African-Americans. It led to the first government shutdown.
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People are the engine that fuels an economy. But what happens when you start running out of people?
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A truce in the U.S.-China trade war seemed close. And then the arrests started.
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The Federal Reserve spends a lot of effort trying to target the level of inflation to about 2 percent. Why? Because tiny New Zealand did it first.
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The market for beef explains a lot about what works about the relationship between Mexico and the U.S.
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Seth Frotman worked overseeing student loans for the government. He saw things that made him quit.
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The Venezuelan government doesn't want you to know the real value of its currency. But Ruben and Mila figured it out. Now they're on the lam.