Press Play with Madeleine Brand
How a hotter planet drags down the global economy
The U.S. is potentially losing billions of dollars of productivity amid weeks-long oppressive heat. People can’t work in excessive temperatures, businesses must crank up A/C, and customers are staying home instead.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe U.S. is potentially losing billions of dollars of productivity amid weeks-long oppressive heat. People can’t work in excessive temperatures, businesses must crank up A/C, and customers are staying home instead.
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The full episode
1 of 4All of today’s pop stars are indebted to Madonna, says musicologist- 0:00How a hotter planet drags down the global economyYou’re reading this
- 11:44New charges and details are hurting Trump’s classified documents defense
- 22:27Taliban sees lithium in Afghanistan as key to economic future
- 35:37From ‘Lucky Star’ to queen of pop: Madonna’s influential 40 years