March 18, 2021

Where does the money for stimulus checks come from?

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19 minutes

Stimulus payments are hitting bank accounts all over the country. Before they go out and spend that stimmy, one listener is wondering where the money for those $1,400 checks came from. We’ll explain, plus talk about the inflationary implications. Plus: a crash course on Big Tech antitrust and leprechaun traps.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“U.S. bond auction will test if yields are high enough to attract buyers” from Marketplace

“If Google’s a monopoly, who is harmed by its market power?” from the Associated Press

“Who is Google’s market power hurting?” from The Verge

“Life after the vaccine in Israel” from The Daily

“How to make a leprechaun trap for St. Patrick’s Day” from IrishCentral

...more

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March 18, 2021

Where does the money for stimulus checks come from?

Listen Later

19 minutes

Stimulus payments are hitting bank accounts all over the country. Before they go out and spend that stimmy, one listener is wondering where the money for those $1,400 checks came from. We’ll explain, plus talk about the inflationary implications. Plus: a crash course on Big Tech antitrust and leprechaun traps.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“U.S. bond auction will test if yields are high enough to attract buyers” from Marketplace

“If Google’s a monopoly, who is harmed by its market power?” from the Associated Press

“Who is Google’s market power hurting?” from The Verge

“Life after the vaccine in Israel” from The Daily

“How to make a leprechaun trap for St. Patrick’s Day” from IrishCentral

...more