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The Florida governor’s attacks on business leaders who promote progressive values are finding traction with the Republican grassroots. By Joshua Green See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How Balkan gangs infiltrated the world's biggest shipping company and created a global trafficking network. By Lauren Etter and Michael Riley See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To reduce food waste, Misfits Market specializes in ugly organics, odd meat cuts and overstock packaged goods. Now it needs to scale its unusual supply chain way, way up. By Andrew Zaleski See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kids as young as 8 have died attempting online challenges. Is social media to blame? By Olivia Carville See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guyana is betting on a paradox. The Caribbean nation wants to cash in on oil. It promises to use those billions to prepare for a more sustainable future. By Monte Reel See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The bank whose collapse marked the beginning of the 2008 financial crisis is only mostly dead. Meet the people attending to its final remains. By Lucca de Paoli and Jeremy Hill See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For a measure of just how fed up American workers are, look to Starbucks, where baristas are unionizing at a pace that would have been unimaginable a year ago andinspiring similar activism elsewhere. By Josh Eidelson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New owners have given stodgy F1 an American makeover. Can the racing series and its photogenic stars finally crack the world's biggest sports market? By Austin Carr See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In vitro fertilization is already a grueling path to pregnancy. With embryos gaining new legal protections, it could become a criminal one. By Jill Filipovic See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Texas leads the US in maternity ward closures, and nowhere is this more of an issue than in the western part of the state. By Claire Suddath See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Klarna, Affirm and Afterpay have turned four easy payments into a whole new credit universe. Economic uncertainty and regulatory scrutiny—and, of course, the usual debt problems—are spoiling the fun. By Esmé E. Deprez, Evan Weinberger and Jenny Surane See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NASA and the FAA are preparing to revolutionize air traffic control for the drone era. By Chris Feliciano Arnold See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did a novelty rapper and her startup-guy boyfriend commit history's biggest heist? By Zeke Faux See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Deep in the Cambodian jungle, investigators are unraveling a trafficking network that brought antiquities all the way to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. by Matthew Campbell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Critics say Binance's Changpeng Zhao became the wealthiest man in crypto by operating the equivalent of an unlicensed casino. He says that's all in the past. By Justina Lee and Max Chafkin See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Presidential campaigns in Brazil normally don't seize the world's attention. But these aren't normal times. By Jessica Brice, Andrew Rosati, and Tatiana Freitas See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Xu Yanjun was an intelligence officer who stole secrets for a living. His own secrets he uploaded to the cloud. By Jordan Robertson and Drake Bennett See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The $100 billion invested in the driverless-vehicles industry has mostly taken us in circles, according to an emerging consensus of experts—and the Trump-pardoned guy who invented it. By Max Chafkin See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What Does It Mean? by Matt Levine See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ledgers, Bitcoin, Blockchains, by Matt Levine See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Crypto Financial System, by Matt Levine See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trust, Money, Community, by Matt Levine See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Business lessons from the legendary point guard, prolific investor, and pal of Bob Iger. By Arianne Cohen See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Governments across the U.S. are trying Darrick Hamilton’s big idea for closing the wealth gap. By Ben Steverman See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.