Where does the money for stimulus checks come from? - a podcast by Marketplace

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

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