Bye, gas-powered cars

Picture this: In the not-too-distant future, gas cars will be a thing of the past. This week, California moved to ban sales of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035. We’ll discuss what it means for our clean-er economic future. Plus, big ups to the person running the White House Twitter account. And, if you paid a fee for being tardy on your taxes, the IRS might be sending you a check. Here’s everything we talked about today: “California bans sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035. Now the real work begins” from The Los Angeles Times Tweet thread on the hip-hop industry powering Cash App “Japan Set to Become One of World’s Biggest Defense Spenders” from Bloomberg White House claps back at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, others over canceling student loan debt “These Stones Graced the Capitol. They May Soon Be Removed From a Park.” from The New York Times “IRS to refund a ‘very welcome’ $1.2 billion in late-filing fees for nearly 1.6 million taxpayers” from CNBC Opinion | Inside the IRS ‘Pipeline’ used to process tax returns from The Washington Post Grab a beverage and join us Friday for Economics on Tap. We’ll be on the YouTube livestream starting at 6:30 ET/3:30 PT. We’ll have more news, drinks and a game.