Usually, people’s feelings about the labor market and the larger economy mirror one another. Recent surveys show that’s no longer the case. Why? Experts are pointing fingers at inflation and the uncertainty wrought by the pandemic. Later on in the show, we’ll also explore how minimizing economic inequality could better prepare the country for the next pandemic, hear how “dirty steel” plays into the U.S.-China trade war and see why England’s Stratford-upon-Avon is hosting a “mop fair.”