Why is the U.K. cutting taxes and raising interest rates at the same time?

The United Kingdom’s economy is hurting. But the plan to get it under control — cutting taxes and raising interest rates — is a bit of a head scratcher. We’ll explain why we can’t make this one make sense (well, I guess we can, but the answer is not great). Plus, guest host Reema Khrais answers questions about boycotts and the multilevel marketing world.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• “Q&A: Here’s when boycotts have worked — and when they haven’t” from the Los Angeles Times
• “1 in 4 Americans Are Currently Boycotting a Product or Company” from LendingTree
• Meet the 400 Ph.D. economists who work at the Federal Reserve
• Listen: “This Is Uncomfortable” episode on multilevel marketing
• “How the Pandemic Stoked a Backlash to Multilevel Marketing” from The Atlantic

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