This week on Buy the Dead Cow, we’re talking about prevailing wage, how the federal contractor minimum wage quietly acted as a backdoor minimum wage, and why the Trump administration’s recent changes might mean lower pay for a lot of workers across the country. 
Also in this episode:
- What even counts as a "foreign film" under a proposed 100% movie tariff?
- The Davis-Bacon Act… David Baker Act? Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing?? Proper Nouns are Hard, okay?!
- A finance game we call Bull or Bull, where Zach guesses which terms are real and which ones I or ChatGPT made up—Buy The Dead Cow is a casually educational finance podcast from two romantic partners: one speaks fluent Wall Street, the other still isn’t totally sure what a "stock" is.Zach Stone (he/him) is a retail trader and small business owner. Savannah Geary (they/them) is a science communicator who watched *The Big Short* one time. Together, they’re your two smartest dumb friends breaking down money in a way that actually makes sense—plus jokes, news, and the occasional shoutout to Robert Walpole.Yes, it’s a podcast about finance—but really, it’s about everything. Because if you squint hard enough, anything can be about money: history, weed, even your weird uncle’s conspiracy theory about GameStop.The name? It’s what happens when you combine “buy the cow” and “beat a dead horse.” You’re welcome.—Our theme song is “Spaghetti Western and Spaceballs” off the album SPACE Ranger by Lucky Bunn. Used under a CC-BY license. You can find the album on Soundcloud.I am rotating thumbnails! You might see graphics with elements of the following:

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