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The pandemic created a global economic crisis that economists and experts expected would lead to greater wealth inequality than ever before. Host Rebecca Greenfield along with a team of Bloomberg News reporters heads to seven countries around the world to find out what this world changing event has wrought. What they found was surprising.

The pandemic created a global economic crisis that economists and experts expected would lead to greater wealth inequality than ever before. Host Rebecca Greenfield along with a team of Bloomberg News reporters heads to seven countries around the world to find out what this world changing event has wrought. What they found was surprising.

 

#55

Evolving Money: The Regulation Revolution (Sponsored Content)

Just as it took the British government a century to catch up to Jonathan Swift’s inn... more

23 Feb 2025

20 MINS

20:08

23 Feb 2025


#54

Listen Now: Beak Capitalism from Odd Lots

In this limited series, Odd Lots explains some of the thorniest issues facing the US econo... more

24 Nov 2024

01 MINS

01:00

24 Nov 2024


#53

Spain: A Time-Tested Model for Economic Security

For the last seven weeks, we’ve gone around the world to see how the pandemic led to more ... more

30 Jun 2022

30 MINS

30:05

30 Jun 2022


#52

Singapore: Who Gets to Be Crazy Rich?

Singapore's carefully controlled housing market has been a key factor in its economic succ... more

22 Jun 2022

23 MINS

23:41

22 Jun 2022


#51

Mexico: Choosing the Economy Over Life

Mexico’s handling of the pandemic has been largely driven by its president, Andr&eac... more

16 Jun 2022

22 MINS

22:13

16 Jun 2022


#50

Hawaii: When a Billionaire Buys Your Hometown

One of the defining trends of the pandemic has been the creation of extreme wealth at the ... more

09 Jun 2022

25 MINS

25:53

09 Jun 2022


#49

India: Why Did Working Women Disappear?

Even before the pandemic, the proportion of women in India's workforce was falling. Covid ... more

02 Jun 2022

20 MINS

20:20

02 Jun 2022


#48

Kenya: The Lost Girls

An increase in teen pregnancies in Kenya is part of a shadow pandemic that ripped through ... more

26 May 2022

21 MINS

21:40

26 May 2022


#47

U.S.: Where Cash Made All the Difference

When the Covid-19 pandemic started, many people expected inequality to get worse in the U.... more

19 May 2022

28 MINS

28:09

19 May 2022


#46

Brazil: The Cautionary Tale

This season on the Pay Check, we're going to seven different countries to see how a global... more

12 May 2022

35 MINS

35:59

12 May 2022


#45

Coming Soon: The Pay Check Season Four

The pandemic created a global economic crisis that economists and experts expected would l... more

05 May 2022

02 MINS

02:40

05 May 2022


#44

Introducing: White Picket Fence

This special episode of The Pay Check features "What Could Have Been", the latest episode ... more

01 Dec 2021

25 MINS

25:53

01 Dec 2021


#43

Introducing: Breakthrough

On Breakthrough, a new series from the Prognosis podcast, we explore how the pandemic is c... more

07 Oct 2021

02 MINS

02:57

07 Oct 2021


#42

Bonus: The Making of The Pay Check

With the season behind us, Rebecca Greenfield and Jackie Simmons sat down during the Bloom... more

03 Jun 2021

24 MINS

24:55

03 Jun 2021


#41

Moving Forward by Looking Back

For our final episode of season 3, we take a look at how reckoning with our history, colle... more

29 Apr 2021

31 MINS

31:50

29 Apr 2021