Coronavirus is already devastating small businesses in Seattle Kim Malcolm talks with Jon Scholes, President and CEO of the Downtown Seattle Association about how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting the business community in Seattle. Dyer Oxley
How Amazon pulled Seattle from the recession and other tidbits from the last decade The good, the bad, and the ugly economy of the past decade in the Puget Sound Angela King
Report: Boeing considering 737 MAX slowdown The Wall Street Journal reports that Boeing's board of directors is weighing a proposal to slow work at the company's 737 MAX plant in Renton while awaiting FAA approval to fly the jet again. Angela King
America's tech economy needs to expand beyond Seattle, says report KUOW's David Hyde talks with Robert Atkinson of the Brookings Institution, about a new report on expanding the geographic reach of America's tech economy. David Hyde
Amazon warehouse workers at high risk of getting seriously injured on the job Kim Malcolm talks with reporter Will Evans about his investigation into injury rates at Amazon warehouses Andy Hurst
The Talk Market: How Stories and Psychology Shape Our Economic Lives Can we affect the rise and fall of the economy? This week on Hidden Brain, we talk with Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller about the powerful ways in which stories and psychology shape our economic lives. He argues that narratives affect not just the purchases we make as individuals, but the fate of our entire economic system. Shankar Vedantam
Can ‘universal rent control’ get Kshama Sawant re-elected this November? Rent control is illegal in Washington State but that’s not stopping Seattle city council member Kshama Sawant from fighting for it. An unapologetic Marxist, Sawant anticipates a vicious fight for that proposal against developers, and what she calls “the Capitalist class.” David Hyde
Seattle pot business owners say state policies leave trail for thieves Kim Malcolm talks with Eric Scigliano about robberies and break-ins of Seattle marijuana businesses, and why some business owners believe state transparency laws may be playing a role. Andy Hurst
Amazon sells products that are banned, unsafe, or deceptively labeled, says WSJ investigation Paige Browning talks with Wall Street Journal reporter Shane Shifflett about his investigation into Amazon's third-party sellers. Paige Browning
Is Seattle headed for a recession? A growing number of economists and analysts are warning about a economic slowdown. Jon Talton, economics columnist for the Seattle Times, says some Seattle-area businesses are vulnerable, including one of the state's largest employers. Paige Browning
