Congress in Chaos, The Ozempic Effect, and the Healthcare Strike
October 6, 2023
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Episode 445 · October 6, 2023
Congress in Chaos, The Ozempic Effect, and the Healthcare Strike
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Congress in Chaos, The Ozempic Effect, and the Healthcare Strike
Summary
Kara and Scott discuss declining social media traffic to news sites, Amazon using an algorithm to test how high they could boost prices, and why the boom in weight loss drugs is the “biggest business story of the year.” Also, Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster marks another prediction come true in Pivot Land. And the largest health care strike in U.S. history is underway. Then, a listener question on the ethicality of donating to elite universities.
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