Show notes
Our Current Events This Week:
- Ron DeSantis's map for the Florida legislature is deemed unconstitutional
- The Pro-DeSantis super-PAC is stopping door-knocking operations in Nevada
- The federal program WIC, which provides food for needy families, could get cut in this fall's Congressional budget battle
- President Biden's administration has issued a report recommending the privatization of water systems
- The National Labor Relations Board has changed unionization rules so that unions are automatically formed if a company is charged with union-busting behavior
- A quick look at polling in some key Senate races
- The July jobs report
In this week's deep dive, we look at the current state of the American commercial real estate industry. Its outlook has become much more precarious with the shift to hybrid and work-from-home policies initiated by the pandemic. What's happening in the industry now? What are owners doing about it? What about the financiers? What kind of buildings are most at risk? Does weakness in our industry threaten the whole economy?