Global Economy, James Bond Effect, Black Market Drugs

Fears of Recession in 2020 Ease Thanks to China Trade Deal (0:31) Guest: Randy Charles Epping, International Financial Consultant, Author of “The New World Economy: A Beginner’s Guide” Right now, the United States is enjoying the longest economic expansion in our history. It’s lasted 11 years, so, many experts warned we were bound for a recession in 2020. Now that risk appears to have faded. On Monday the International Monetary Fund predicted growth for the US and global economies in 2020, thanks in large part to a deal President Trump signed last week easing his trade war with China.  Who Decided That Chocolate, Yogurt and Salad Are Women’s Food? (20:12) Guest: Paul Freedman, PhD, Chester D. Tripp Professor of History, Yale University, Author of “American Cuisine: And How It Got This Way” Yogurt, chocolate, salad. All are women’s food. Which sounds silly, I know. But when was the last time you saw a yogurt commercial targeting men? And everybody knows women can’t resist chocolate, right? Or how about this -  a man and woman go out to dinner, which of them is more likely to order a salad as an entrée? It’s weird how some foods are considered manly in America and some feminine. But it wasn’t always so. The James Bond Effect (34:48) Guest: Calder Walton, PhD, Assistant Director of the Applied History Project, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University “No Time to Die” is the latest James Bond film, with Daniel Craig in the role that has shaped how the world thinks about espionage. Those films have given us entirely the wrong impression, says Calder Walton, of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Walton studies the history of spycraft and is editor of the forthcoming “Cambridge History of Espionage and Intelligence.”  Why People Are Turning to a Black Market for Prescription Drugs (50:39) Guest: Michelle Litchman, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, University of Utah When you think of the black market, you probably imagine shady deals for stuff that’s counterfeit or illegal. But right now i