Political campaigns are secretly talking to PACs

For today’s Economics on Tap, we talk about a sneaky way campaigns are communicating with super PACS. Coordination between these big-time political action committees and campaigns is illegal, but a new practice called redboxing seems like a loophole. We’ll talk about it. Plus, we discuss the debate about facial recognition technology and follow up on a conversation we had yesterday about the news on sudden infant death syndrome. Before we leave, we’ll play a round of Half Full/Half Empty, featuring a piece of portable music history. Here’s everything we talked about today: “Voters Need to Know What ‘Redboxing’ Is and How It Undermines Democracy” from Campaign Legal Center “Enzyme in babies’ blood linked to risk of sudden infant death syndrome” from The Guardian “U.S. cities are backing off banning facial recognition as crime rises” from Reuters “Why Fed might not be too upset when stocks fall” from Marketplace “Facebook reportedly already running out of money for Metaverse” from Futurism “Has collective bargaining come to Congress?” from Marketplace “End of an Era: Apple Discontinues Its Last iPod Model” from Bloomberg “Heinz working on paper ketchup bottle” from Axios Tell us what you think about today’s show. Email us at [email protected] or leave us a voice message at 508-827-6278, or 508-U-B-SMART. Your donation powers the journalism you rely on. Give today to support “Make Me Smart.”