US census data released - a podcast by BBC World Service

The United States has experienced its first ever decline in its white population, according to new census data. We ask Kimberly Adams from Marketplace in Washington about the economic implications of the data. Also in the programme, we discuss Britney Spears, whose father, has agreed to step down as conservator of her estate after 13 years. Elizabeth Wagmeister is a senior correspondent at Variety who has been following the story. In China the government has announced a plan to tighten regulation of its economy. The five-year plan is seen by some as a further crackdown on the tech sector by Beijing. We ask Dr Rana Mitter, from Oxford University, to analyse the new plan. The BBC's Elizabeth Hotson investigates how employers are responding to the needs of their neurodiverse employees. Cary Leahey from Decision Economics also reflects on Disney's latest stellar results.

Throughout the show, we will be joined by US journalist Erin Delmore in Berlin and financial expert Jessica Khine in London.
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