$100K H1-B Visa Fee Upends Tech Sector & Murd...

#892: The World Cup has come and gone so here is a recap of its economic impacts. Christopher Nolan has become Hollywood’s biggest brand. The AI world shooketh as a Chinese company drops a new AI model that is said to be as good as Anthropic and OpenAI. Baby boomers aren’t downsi ...  Show more

#891: Christopher Nolan’s epic reimagining of an epic, “The Odyssey,” has officially landed in theaters and is expected to shatter records over the weekend. Netflix reports its earnings that doesn’t surprise but admits it’ll need to claw back TV viewership. The EV maker Lucid Mot ...  Show more

Once again, I THINK a TikTok deal is happening, so updates on that. Why lots of folk in the tech industry are worried about new H-1B visa rules. Might those annoying cookie consent checkboxes be going away? And why the real land grab in data center building is happening in Scandi ...  Show more

Trump jacked up the fee of H-1B visas to $100K… The economic lens? It’s a tariff on people.Build-A-Bear’s stock is surging this year… because 92% of us still have a childhood teddy bear.Beli is viral restaurant review site challenging Yelp… because stories are better than stars.P ...  Show more

With its announcement that an H-1B visa will now cost $100,000, the Trump administration is proving it's willing to wreak havoc on American industry in exchange for a flashy headline. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bulla ...  Show more

On this episode of Trumponomics, host Stephanie Flanders explores US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications, which industries will lose the most from this new expense for foreign workers and a potential long-term silver lining for ...  Show more