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Nepotism, Mafia Ties, and a Corpse in a Trunk: Why the Striking Dockworkers Were Unsympathetic to Americans

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This week: the Longshoremen's strike is over, and economic disaster has been averted. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the strike, sketchy union leader Harold Daggett, and how the White House put its thumb on the scales to help cut a deal. Also: OpenAI just had a 6.6 billion investment round, but the company is bleeding losses. Then: Dish Network wants to buy DirecTV for 1, but the bondholders who own its billions in debt might kill the deal. The hosts discuss how chicken tenders (and nuggets and fingers) came to dominate American dining.