Ep. 50: Office Space - Disappointing Jobs Numbers And Hurricane Impact

Published: Sept. 1, 2017, 9:30 p.m.

b"This week, we're celebrating Labor Day.\\xa0 There's no better time to take a look at work and employment market.\\n\\nLucky for us, we have some jobs data to digest.\\xa0 Unlucky for us: the data came in worse than expected. We take a look at the numbers say and detail what they mean for the overall labor picture.\\n\\nWe also take some time to acknowledge the tragedy in Houston and along the Gulf Coast.\\xa0 We look at the potential economic impact of the disaster, from gas prices to overall GDP impact.\\n\\nAnd as always, we send our consultants to review some of the more unusual departments on Wall Street...\\n\\nWe've got some tales of accidental gouging in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.\\xa0 We've got a loss in the legal battle to watch movies without sex or violence.\\xa0 We've got a wall coming down in Westeros, but one maybe going up in Arizona.\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nAnd we've got some controversy about who is going to replace the White Supremacist on our $20 bill."