A Warning for Cities as Amazon Looks for a Second Home

Coming up on today’s show:

• In early September, Amazon put out a wanted sign for its second headquarters. Today is the final deadline for pitches for hopeful cities looking to woo the tech behemoth, but one place already knows the impact Amazon can have — Seattle — and it’s not all good. Carolyn Adolph,a reporter covering growth for public radio station KUOW in Seattle, explains. 

• Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut off funding for Affordable Care Act subsidies that poor people receive, but then announced this week that he would support a bipartisan plan to fund those very subsidies. Needless to say, his actions and tweets on healthcare have caused a fair amount of confusion, both inside and outside of Washington. Jennifer Haberkorn, senior health care reporter for Politico Pro, joins The Takeaway to explain where the deal stands.

• Since the end of August, nearly 600,000 Rohingya have fled into Bangladesh amidst a brutal military campaign in Burma. We look back at the history and identity politics of the Burmese military, and the relationship they have with the country’s de-facto leader, Aung Suu Kyi, with Dr. Azeem Ibrahim, author of “The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar’s Hidden Genocide.“

• The 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is underway in Beijing this week. President Xi Jinping is expected to solidify his leadership for another five years at the gathering, as the party discusses the big issues of the moment, from pollution or income inequality. David Lampton, a professor and director of China studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, has been following Chinese politics for years, explains what you should expect from the event. 

• Today is the 30th anniversary of the stock market crash of 1987. WNYC’s Alexandra Starr has been reporting on the anniversary in a special series called “Crash Course: Black Monday on Wall Street, 1987.” She explains what happened in ’87, and what it tells us about weaknesses in the markets today. 

• On Thursday, President Trump will meet with Fed Chair Janet Yellen to discuss a possible second term. We look at who the top contenders for the job are with Peter Conti Brown, a professor of legal studies and business ethics at University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, and author of “The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve.”

• As the U.S. continues to debate and discuss sexual harassment and assault in light of the Harvey Weinstein allegations, France is following a similar campaign. The nation’s legislature is considering a fine for catcalling, and the country is attempting to overcome its long history with misogyny. Adeline Sire, a journalist based in Paris, explains. 

This episode is hosted by Todd Zwillich.