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EHP Funds Inc. and EHP Global Multi-Strategy Alternative Fund

HeadnoteNational Policy 11-203 Process for Exemptive Relief Applications in Multiple Jurisdictions -- Relief granted from fund multi-layering restriction in paragraph 2.5(2)(b) of NI 81-102 to permit an investment fund to invest in another investment fund under common management that hol




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Why irrational politics appeals : understanding the allure of Trump / Mari Fitzduff, editor.




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Penguins of America / James & Jack Patterson with Florence Yue ; illustrations by James Madsen.

"Penguins— our lovable, cute, flightless friends who are constantly dressed for a formal occasion— have always fascinated humans. As we shuffle through life one day at a time, it's easy to take things far too seriously, but when we see penguins taking a walk in our shoes it's impossible not to recognize how silly we can actually be. Featuring humorous illustrations with captions that show penguins in the day-to-day situations that we've all experienced— from a relaxing day at the beach to a stressful morning commute— PENGUINS OF AMERICA is a hilarious and charming send-up of daily life." -- from Amazon.com




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Karate Practice (November 13, 2024 6:30pm)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 6:30pm
Location: Gretchen's House
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations


"True karate is this: that in daily life one's mind and body be trained and developed in a spirit of humility, and that in critical times, one be devoted utterly to the cause of justice."
--Gichin Funakoshi- Founder of Shotokan Karate Fall 2024 Practice Schedule Wednesday 6:30pm - 8:15pm  @  Gretchen's House, 1580 Dhu Varren Rd Sunday 2:30pm - 4:30pm  @  B225 Medium Multi-purpose Room, Intramural Sports Building (please complete the liability waiver prior to your first Sunday practice)    Exceptions -- Sunday 9/1 practice 2-4pm; no practice on 10/13 & 12/1New members are always welcome. No previous experience is necessary. Just come to any practice. You may watch a practice or actually participate when you come. If you want to participate, wear loose fitting clothes, trim your nails, and no jewelry.




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Get to Know Jane Street's Trading Desk Operations Engineer (TDOE) Internship (November 13, 2024 6:00pm)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 6:00pm
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center


Get to Know Trading Desk Operations Engineer (TDOE)at Jane Street! Date: Wednesday, November 13thLocation: ZoomTime: 6:00pm - 7:00pm ETJoin us for a virtual information session aboutJane Street's TDOE Internship! As a Trading Desk Operations Engineer (TDOE) intern, you’ll be integral to the firm’s success, helping to build and maintain desk infrastructure that supports the trading of thousands of financial products across 200 venues in over 45 countries. TDOEInterns wear many hats, helping to manage the operational side of the trading desk’s activities and interfacing with various groups within the firm to ensure our work is accurate and efficient. Join us to learn more!Sign up here by 12PM on Tuesday, November 12th. We will confirm attendees by EOD on November 12th. _______________Jane Street is a quantitative trading firm with offices worldwide. We hire smart, humble people who love to solve problems, build systems, and test theories.You’ll learn something new every day in our office—whether it’s connecting with a colleague to share perspectives, or participating in a talk, class, or game night. Our success is driven by our people and we never stop improving.Want to learn more? Check out the latest happenings at Jane Street.




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BLI Community Meeting - Love & Gratitude (November 13, 2024 5:30pm)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute


At this meeting, the BLI will be spreading love by making cards and sending them to Letters of Love to be distributed to children in hospitals. We will be emphasizing the importance of gratitude and giving back. Any undergraduate student at the University of Michigan is welcome to attend!




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Dinner for Democracy: Immigration (November 13, 2024 5:00pm)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 5:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Turn Up Turnout


Note: this is an in-person event on the Ann Arbor Campus.

When asked, voters have ranked immigration as one of their top issues this election year. People have been immigrating to the United States since before the country was established. In that long span of time, the immigration process, U.S. immigration laws, and sources of immigrants to the U.S. have changed often.

Join Turn Up Turnout for a nonpartisan, educational presentation on Immigration. FREE FOOD provided.

Register here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/81565




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Center for Emerging Democracies (@umichDemocracy) Roundtable. Immigration, Authoritarianism, and Democracy (November 13, 2024 4:00pm)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Emerging Democracies


Immigration has become a polarizing issue across democratic, authoritarian, and transitioning contexts. Anti-immigrant rhetoric has become part of the standard playbook for authoritarian populists. Immigration policies in ostensibly democratic countries are becoming more restrictive, all while political conflict, war, pandemics, and intensifying climate change are leading to greater numbers of people migrating in search of safety and a better life. With immigration discourse taking up much of the oxygen in politics across the world, understanding the interconnections among immigration, democracy, and authoritarianism has become more important than ever. This roundtable brings together distinguished scholars to discuss how controversies surrounding immigration and immigrants have become critical for sustaining or upending democracy.

Moderator: Nandini Dey, Research Fellow, Center for Emerging Democracies.

Speakers:

Rebecca Wai
Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department, Freedom House Emerging Democracies Fellow, University of Michigan

Erin Chung
Professor of Political Science, Charles D. Miller Chair in East Asian Politics, Department of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University

Alexandra Filindra
Professor of Political Science & Psychology, University of Illinois-Chicago

Silvia Pedraza
Professor of Sociology and American Culture, University of Michigan

Zoom webinar link
Short URL link: https://myumi.ch/5yEEx

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.




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Fall 2024 Birthday Celebrations (November 13, 2024 2:00pm)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 2:00pm
Location: International House Ann Arbor (921 Church Street)
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan





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Respiratory Careers: Join Mayo Clinic’s Team in Southwest MN (November 13, 2024 1:00pm)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 1:00pm
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center


You are invited to an interview with Mayo Clinic's Respiratory Care department on Wednesday, Nov. 13th! Our hiring leaders will be conducting virtual interviews between 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM CST. Consider joining our Respiratory Care department in Southwest MN! We are currently offering a $10,000 sign-on bonus and offer relocation assistance, in addition to ourimpressive benefits package!If you are interested in interviewing, please complete the two steps below and someone from Mayo Clinic Recruitment Team will reach out to you to confirm your appointment: 
Formally Apply Here
Schedule Interview Time Here
 Want to learn more about this opportunity? Listen to quick video about the Mayo Clinic: Why join the Mayo Clinic respiratory care team Please contact Jenna Kidd at Kidd.Jenna@mayo.edu with any questions.




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Respiratory Careers: Join Mayo Clinic’s Team in Austin, MN (November 13, 2024 1:00pm)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 1:00pm
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center


You are invited to an interview with Mayo Clinic's Respiratory Care department on Wednesday, Nov. 13th! Our hiring leaders will be conducting virtual interviews between 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM CST. Consider joining our Respiratory Care department in Austin, MN! We are currently offering a $10,000 sign-on bonus and offer relocation assistance, in addition to our impressive benefits package!If you are interested in interviewing,please complete the two steps below and someone from Mayo Clinic Recruitment Team will reach out to you to confirm your appointment: 
Formally Apply Here
Schedule Interview Time Here
 Want to learn more about this opportunity? Listen to quick video about the Mayo Clinic: Why join the Mayo Clinic respiratory care team Please contact Jenna Kidd at Kidd.Jenna@mayo.edu with any questions.




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Hilton Travel with Purpose ESG Strategy Webinar (November 13, 2024 1:00pm)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 1:00pm
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center


Join the Hilton Early Talent Partnerships and Diversity Recruitment & Engagement Teams for a webinar about Travel with Purpose! Travel with Purpose is our Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) framework, in which Hilton focuses on creating positive environmental and social impact across our operations, supply chain, and communities. During this webinar, you'll hear from ESG leaders in Hilton as they discuss how we continue to fill the earth with the light & warmth of hospitality through responsible travel and tourism. You don't want to miss this!




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Generative AI in the Classroom, Part 1 (November 13, 2024 12:00pm)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)


This workshop is designed to equip faculty with the necessary skills and knowledge to begin integrating Generative Artificial Intelligence into the classroom setting and considering its impact on students and instructions. Suggestions for discussing GenAI with students and guidance on writing a GenAI syllabus statement are explored in this workshop. This workshop also offers ideas for designing assignments in a GenAI era, ranging from (re)designing assignments to integrating GenAI into assignments. U-M GPT demonstrations will be included in this workshop.

Recommended Prerequisites:
Generative AI Basics [https://academictechnology.umich.edu/get-help/training/instructional-support/workshops/133]

Register: https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/generative-ai-in-the-classroom-11-13-24-2/

Workshop Outline:
- Can GenAI complete my assessment? How will GenAI affect my courses?
- Talking about GenAI with students
- GenAI syllabus statements
- Designing assignments in a GenAI era
- Resources and Support

Topics: Generative AI
Level: Beginner

Trainers: Monica Hickson and Jennifer Love




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Kelly Church & Cherish Parrish: In Our Words, An Intergenerational Dialogue (November 13, 2024 11:00am)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design


Exhibition Dates: September 13 – December 7, 2024Opening Reception: September 19, 2024

Kelly Church & Cherish Parrish: In Our Words, An Intergenerational Dialogue is a major exhibition that centers the subjectivities of two contemporary Indigenous artists whose practices have sustained and bolstered the relevance of the age-old Anishinaabe practice of black ash basket-making in the 21st century. The exhibition highlights the significance of community-based conversations between mother and daughter, and their ongoing conversations with elders (ancestors), young folx, and future generations as vital aspects of their methodology. These conversations often take place during basket gatherings - where community members come together and share stories and teachings that can encompass Anishinaabe creation stories, as well as those of survivance and resilience, to inform the materiality and liveness of their work. The curatorial and interpretive framework of this exhibition contends that the deeply situated and temporal works by Church (Stamps, BFA 1998) and Parrish (LSA, BA 2020) are repositories for Anishinaabe ways of knowing, thinking, and making that contribute to the complexity of American art and its histories. The expansive and bold practices of Church and Parrish affirm the sovereignty of Anishinaabe lifeways and the importance of including Indigenous narratives that have systematically been left out. Thus, the thematic survey of their work will explore the under-examined themes that inform their work such as Native women’s labor as carriers of culture and knowledge-keepers, the legacy of boarding schools and ancestors who walked on, the treaties in Michigan and the long-overlooked legacy of Anishinaabe intellectual life and their relevance today. Just like the practice of weaving and interlacing distinct strips of black ash to create one whole, Church and Parrish will address the diverse and interconnected themes with approximately 30-35 works, including 15-17 new works. Together, the exhibition offers an incisive critique of the colonial, racist paradigm of systemic erasure and assimilation that continues to this day, with the ongoing crises of missing and murdered Indigenous women, culture wars, and climate change that threaten Indigenous ways of living, sustenance, and making.
Curated by Srimoyee Mitra with Curatorial Assistant Zoi Crampton.
Stamps Gallery is grateful to Michigan Humanities and U-M Arts Initiative for generously supporting the exhibition and programs.




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Dialogues & Democracy: An Exploration into Global Democracy (November 13, 2024 8:00am)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 8:00am
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: University Library


This exhibit highlights U-M Press books (https://myumi.ch/N682p) relevant to the practices of democracy in five arenas:

* Ancient Athens
* The Iroquois Confederacy
* The Roman Republic
* South Korea in the 21st Century
* the U.S. in the 21st Century

The exhibit displays were developed and designed by student organization Michigan Advertising and Marketing in partnership with U-M Press.




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How a Thematic Christmas Celebration Can Connect Distant Family

Even though we can’t be together this year, an ever-changing tradition will bring our family together with dishes from Japan.




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Advancing Sustainable Agri-food Systems for Climate Resilience, Food Security, and Global Collaboration

Advancing Sustainable Agri-food Systems for Climate Resilience, Food Security, and Global Collaboration

The livestream will be available on Tuesday November 12, 2024 at 5:00 – 6:30 pm (America/Sao_Paulo) / 3:00 – 4:30 pm (US/Eastern). Join us for an in-depth discussion on Avanzar2030, an evidence-based initiative that identifies promising innovations in agri-food systems and estimates the costs of implementing them. Launched in response to the 2021 UN Food […]

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Red Sea attacks reverberate in food and ag trade (Successful Farming) 

Red Sea attacks reverberate in food and ag trade (Successful Farming) 

Successful Farming quotes the IFPRI blog post on the Impacts of Red Sea shipping disruptions on global food security by senior research fellow Joseph Glauber and senior research analyst Abdullah Mamun.  According to the article, Houthi attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea are disrupting grain shipments from Europe, Ukraine, and Russia. “Trade disruptions are most likely to impact […]

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The timing of the Red Sea attacks could not be worse for Democrats (Politico)

The timing of the Red Sea attacks could not be worse for Democrats (Politico)

Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber is quoted in a Politico story about how the growing military conflict in a key trade corridor is threatening to unleash economic havoc on the global economy ahead of November. “If energy prices go up and remain high, you’d see food inflation persisting,” said Joe Glauber. He added that potential […]

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Agricultural growth key to accelerated poverty reduction in Bangladesh (Financial Express)

Agricultural growth key to accelerated poverty reduction in Bangladesh (Financial Express)

Senior research fellow and country representative, Akhter Ahmed writes in an op-ed for the Financial Express (Bangladesh) that the country “has witnessed substantial economic growth over the past decade, with an average annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 6.6 per cent between 2016 and 2022. Notably, the country experienced a 3.4 per cent increase in GDP in 2020, making Bangladesh one […]

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Swachh Bharat Mission averted 60,000-70,000 infant deaths between 2011 & 2020, shows Nature study (The Print)

Swachh Bharat Mission averted 60,000-70,000 infant deaths between 2011 & 2020, shows Nature study (The Print)

IFPRI Researchers analyzed infant & under-5 mortality data from 35 states, 640 districts. Research praised by PM Modi on X.

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Steven Were Omamo joins IFPRI as the new Director of the Development Strategies and Governance Unit

Steven Were Omamo joins IFPRI as the new Director of the Development Strategies and Governance Unit

IFPRI is pleased to announce that Steven Were Omamo joins IFPRI as the new Director of the DSG Unit.

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CTA Celebrates 40 Years of Rail Service to O’Hare International Airport

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is marking 40 years of rail service to O’Hare International Airport by inviting customers to take a ride back in time.




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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with CTA

Ride with CTA to all the exciting festivities happening around town. Customers can save money by purchasing an unlimited rides pass, either the 1-Day ($5) – far more economical and convenient than the price of gas and parking - or the 3-Day ($15) pass – a real budget-saving move.




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CTA Launches Long-Term Strategic Planning Process, “Powering Our Transit Future”

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) announced the launch of an agency-wide strategic planning process to determine the strategic direction for the agency over the next several years. “Powering Our Transit Future” marks the agency’s first-ever comprehensive, long-term strategic planning effort.




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Let CTA Get You Over the Finish Line to and from the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

CTA will be providing added capacity, so whether you plan to run or cheer on the runners, take a train or bus to avoid the headaches of traffic and parking near the route of the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon and Abbott Health and Fitness Expo at McCormick Place. For details about marathon service, you can find it here on CTA’s dedicated Bank of America Chicago Marathon webpage.




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CTA Proposes Balanced 2025 Operating Budget That Charts the Course for a Transit Riding Experience Better Than Pre-Pandemic/2019

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) today proposed a $2.16 billion operating budget that keeps fares at current levels, delivers more bus and rail service hours than provided in 2019, and fuels new and ongoing investments to either expand or modernize existing infrastructure, while also evolving current systems to meet modern transit riding needs.




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Two Indicators: Clogged Ports And Corporate Vets

We bring you two stories from The Indicator on two industries that are undergoing rapid change: vets and container shipping. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

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Two inflation Indicators: Corporate greed and mortgage rates

Corporate profits are soaring. So are prices. Can corporations just not raise prices? Would that fight inflation? We examine this theory making the rounds. Then, we go inside the pipes of the economy to see how mortgage rates connect to that recent rate hike by the Federal Reserve. | Subscribe to our sister podcast, The Indicator from Planet Money. It's daily, and always less than 10 minutes.

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The life and possible death of low interest rates

Right now, the economy is running hot. Inflation is high, and central banks are pushing up interest rates to fight it. But before the pandemic, economies around the world were stuck in a different rut: low inflation, low interest rates, low growth.

In 2013, Larry Summers unearthed an old term from the Great Depression to explain why the economy was in this rut: secular stagnation. The theory resonated with Olivier Blanchard, another leading scholar, because he had made similar observations himself. Larry and Olivier would go on to build a case for why secular stagnation was a defining theory of the economy and why government policies needed to respond to it. They helped reshape many people's understanding of the economy, and suggested that this period of slow growth and low interest rates was here to stay for a long time.

But today, Larry and Olivier are no longer the duo they used to be. As inflation has spiked worldwide, interest rates have followed suit. Earlier this year, Larry announced that he was no longer on the secular stagnation train. Olivier, meanwhile, believes we're just going through a minor blip and will return to a period of low interest rates within the near future. He doesn't see the deep forces that led to a long-run decline in interest rates as just vanishing. Who's right? The future of the global economy could depend on the answer.

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Summer School 6: Operations and 25,000 roses

"It's difficult to control everything," says our guest professor for this week, Santiago Gallino. "What is not difficult is to plan for everything." Today we venture into the sphere of business that masters the planning, and backup planning: operations management.

It's more than just predicting a bottleneck and imagining a solution, because there's always a bottleneck to clear. It's about modeling, and weighing the costs of messing up vs. missing out. For instance, take a newspaper vendor who has to decide how many newspapers to sell tomorrow morning. Do they buy fewer, knowing that they'll sell out–and then miss out on potential revenue from papers not sold? Or do they order more than they expect to sell, just in case–and eat the cost of a few unsold papers? This type of trade-off applies to all kinds of businesses, and Gallino talks us through how to choose.

The only certainty in this life is uncertainty. But we are certain you will come out of this episode feeling better prepared for your future business. And fortunately, there are no bottlenecks in podcasting.

The series is hosted by Robert Smith and produced by Max Freedman. Our project manager is Julia Carney. This episode was edited by Alex Goldmark and engineered by James Willetts. The show is fact-checked by Sierra Juarez.

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How to fight a patent pirate

Back in the 1990s, Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar was in his office in New Delhi when he came across a puzzling story in the newspaper. Some university scientists in the U.S. had apparently filed a patent for using turmeric to help heal wounds. Mashelkar was shocked, because he knew that using turmeric that way was a well known remedy in traditional Indian medicine. And he knew that patents are for brand new inventions. So, he decided to do something about it – to go to battle against the turmeric patent.

But as he would soon discover, turmeric wasn't the only piece of traditional or indigenous knowledge that had been claimed in Western patent offices. The practice even had its own menacing nickname - biopiracy. And what started out as a plan to rescue one Indian remedy from the clutches of the U.S. patent office, eventually turned into a much bigger mission – to build a new kind of digital fortress, strong enough to keep even the most rapacious of bio-pirates at bay.

This episode was produced by Willa Rubin with help from James Sneed and Emma Peaslee. It was edited by Molly Messick. It was fact-checked by Sierra Juarez. Our engineers were Josh Newell and James Willetts. Planet Money's executive producer is Alex Goldmark.

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The Vapes of Wrath

When the vape brand Juul first hit the market back in 2015, e-cigarettes were in a kind of regulatory limbo. At the time, the rules that governed tobacco cigarettes did not explicitly apply to e-cigarettes. Then Juul blew up, fueled a public health crisis over teen vaping, and inspired a regulatory crackdown. But when the government finally stepped in to solve the problem of youth vaping, it may have actually made things worse.

Today's episode is a collaboration with the new podcast series "Backfired: the Vaping Wars." You can listen to the full series at audible.com/Backfired.

This episode was hosted by Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi and Leon Neyfakh. It was produced by Emma Peaslee and edited by Jess Jiang with help from Annie Brown. It was fact checked by Sofia Shchukina and engineered by Cena Loffredo. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money's executive producer.

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Is AI overrated or underrated?

Are the promises made by AI boosters all hype, or are we actually under-appreciating the transformative potential of AI?

Can artificial intelligence make humans more productive, unlock hidden potential and remake work as we know it? Or, should it not even be called intelligence at all, artificial or otherwise.

On today's episode, we take sides. Two reporters flip a coin to see who argues which point: is AI overrated or underrated? They bring research, real world examples, expert opinions and warm blooded human insight. You decide who makes the best case.

If you're interested in learning more, check out Greg's article 10 reasons why AI is overrated. It includes all sorts of reporting we couldn't fit into the episode. And while you're there, subscribe to the Planet Money newsletter.

Today's episode was hosted by Darian Woods and Greg Rosalsky. These episodes of the Indicator were originally produced by Corey Bridges and they were edited by Paddy Hirsch. They were engineered by Valentina Rodríguez Sánchez and Neal Rauch and they were fact checked by Sierra Juarez. Kate Concannan is the Indicator's editor.

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Rate Expectations

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates to get inflation under control. One side effect is that taking out a mortgage to buy a home has gotten very expensive. That's especially a problem for some homeowners who managed to get a lower mortgage rate years ago. They have a sort of... champagne problem. Or, "golden handcuffs" as it's called.

These homeowners may find they are "locked in" to their current home. In order to move to a new home, they have to take out a new mortgage at a much higher rate. It is one of the many problems plaguing the housing market right now.

The Fed is expected to start cutting rates next week. Will the golden handcuff mess finally start to unlock? And what does it mean for people looking to buy their first home?

On today's episode: We go deep into the golden handcuff problem and why it matters for everyone (including non-homeowners). We have FOMO about a big economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. And we contemplate how to pronounce one of the most important interest rates in the economy: The IORB.

This episode was hosted by Kenny Malone and Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi. It was produced by Sean Saldana. It was edited by Jess Jiang and fact-checked by Sierra Juarez. Engineering by Cena Loffredo. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money's executive producer.

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Jessica Pratt cracks open the sunny veneer of the California dream

The Los Angeles-based musician was inspired by the dark side of state's mythology in the making of her fourth studio album.

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The Gratitude Chain: A.J. Jacobs

When A.J. Jacobs set out to thank everyone who made his morning cup of coffee, he realized the chain of thank-yous was endless. This hour, Jacobs shares ideas on gratitude—and how to make it count.

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Listen Again - Baratunde Thurston: How To Citizen

Original broadcast date: December 4, 2020. Last year's election saw historic voter turnout. But in a divided democracy, how else can we commit to our civic duties? This hour, Baratunde Thurston joins Manoush with ideas on how to citizen.

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Migration

Migration is a part of everyone's history. This hour, TED speakers explore ideas about places we call home — and how these experiences continue to reshape our culture, countries, and species. Guests include bioarchaeologist Carolyn Freiwald, journalist Isabel Wilkerson, comedian Maeve Higgins, and ecologist Sonia Altizer.

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Listen Again: The Gratitude Chain: A.J. Jacobs

Original broadcast date: February 19, 2021. When A.J. Jacobs set out to thank everyone who made his morning cup of coffee, he realized the chain of thank-yous was endless. This hour, Jacobs shares ideas on gratitude—and how to make it count.

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Listen Again: Migration

Original broadcast date: April 30, 2021. Migration is a part of everyone's history. This hour, TED speakers explore ideas about places we call home — and how these experiences continue to reshape our culture, countries, and species. Guests include bioarchaeologist Carolyn Freiwald, journalist Isabel Wilkerson, comedian Maeve Higgins, and ecologist Sonia Altizer.

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The Gratitude Chain (2021)

Original broadcast date: February 19, 2021. When A.J. Jacobs set out to thank everyone who made his morning cup of coffee, he realized the chain of thank-you's was endless. This hour, Jacobs shares ideas on gratitude—and how to make it count.

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