Kesha is part of a crew of artists often identified within recession pop music, given their popularity back in 2009 when the economy was crumbling
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Kesha is part of a crew of artists often identified within recession pop music, given their popularity back in 2009 when the economy was crumbling
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We are back with another edition of listener questions! In this round, we tackle recession pop, why the job market feels so crummy for IT grads, and whether President Trump saying that Walmart “eat the tariffs” is a form of price control.
Related episodes:
Hits of the Dips: Songs of recessions past (Apple / Spotify)
The beef over price controls
Price Controls, Black Markets, and Skimpflation: The WWII Battle Against Inflation
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