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Facebook launched a new initiative to crack down on revenge porn with more manpower and new photo-matching technology. Carrie Goldberg, a lawyer who represents revenge porn victims and serves on the board of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, stops by to discuss the implications of Facebook's new measures. Plus, a look at YouTube's new television venture and the hunt for Russia's most notorious hacker. 

First, Marketplace's Nancy Marshall-Genzer discusses market shifts as the Federal Reserve shrinks its bond portfolio. Then, we look at new research showing that high school dropout rates among African American students are significantly lower if students had a black teacher in elementary school. Finally, David talks to MIT professor and author Erik Brynjolfsson about stagnated wages in middle-skilled jobs, and how this makes them ripe for robot takeover.

The New York Fed reports that total outstanding household debt in this country is juuuust about where it was in 2008. Remember 2008? We're thinking about debt a little differently now, though. Then, a conversation with a big bank ethicist, who tells us what he does and how he measures success. Plus, why Panera's worth $7.2 billion to the equity group JAB, and another dispatch from Erie, Pennsylvania. 

State pension funds are struggling to deliver the goods right now, leading some pension fund managers to invest in startups. Venture Capitalist Paul Kedrosky stops by to discuss if the risk is worth it and whether the tech world will benefit. Next, we'll talk about Verizon's plans for its Yahoo-AOL merger, "Oath," and then look at a new robot food delivery program from Starship Technologies.

Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker has resigned, saying he might have revealed confidential information to a Wall Street analyst. We'll explore what could have motivated the leak. Afterwards, we'll discuss the possibility that China might get tougher on genetically modified crops grown by U.S. producers. And finally, we'll hear from a Marketplace listener who lost his job as a machinist because of advanced technology. 

Six billion hours. That's how much time the IRS estimates U.S. taxpayers spend each year preparing and filing their taxes. And with tax reform on the agenda for Congress and the Trump administration, it's the perfect time to ask: Why are our taxes so complicated? Do they have to be this way? Kai and Molly asks T.R. Reid, the author of the new book "Fine Mess: A Global Quest for a Fairer, Simpler, and More Efficient Tax Code."  Let's just say the book has enough water cooler moments and stories to change the way you think about taxes and tax reform. Especially how we measure up to other countries. And we go to the heart of the filing business with an interview with Bill Cobb, the CEO of H&R Block. Subscribe to "Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly" on iTunes or your favorite podcast app. 

The conventional wisdom about a lot of Rust Belt cities in this country is, well, look at the name. Their economies are shot, thanks to the steady loss of manufacturing jobs, and voters there are counting on President Trump to bring them back. It's the premise of our series "The Big Promise." But in Erie, Pennsylvania, there's something else going on. Plus, we'll look at the growing list of advertisers pulling away from "The O'Reilly Factor" and Jenna Lyons' departure from J.Crew. 

A diverse group of players, including Facebook and the Ford Foundation, are starting a $14 million fund to advance news literacy. Professor Jeff Jarvis of the City University of New York, the institution administering the fund, stopped by to discuss how this plan is different from other initiatives and what will happen if it affects these companies' bottom lines. Afterwards, we'll chat with wellness guru Dave Asprey about his unconventional dieting suggestions, which aim to help people increase their "brainpower." 

More than a dozen major disasters — mudslides, floods, a huge bridge collapse in Atlanta this week — have hit the U.S. since President Donald Trump took office. There are a few federal agencies in charge of cleanup and relief, but it's not yet clear how they'll change in this new administration. For example, FEMA doesn't have a director yet, even as Trump has proposed hundreds of millions in cuts. Plus: A Federal Reserve governor visits West Virginia and the latest on Trump's executive orders. And, as always, we'll wrap up the week in business and economic news.

Molly Wood guest hosts this week. Marketplace's Kimberly Adams and The Atlantic's Gillian White go long and short on this week's news. T Magazine's Deborah Needleman explains how florists on Instagram are changing the floral industry. Author Zoe Fraade-Blanar explains the economic power behind fandom, and comedian Neal Brennan takes the Marketplace Quiz.

"Firm inequality" describes the phenomenon where workers across firms earn vastly different amounts in earnings. Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom joins us to discuss why he thinks tech companies epitomize the pay divide. Afterwards, we'll play this week's "Silicon Tally" with Daniela Galarza, a senior editor at Eater.

During his campaign, Trump criticized America's trading relationship with the rest of the world. Now his administration is set to issue two executive orders on trade today. We'll take a look at what the president plans to achieve with these new actions. Next, we'll talk about Amazon's plan to woo big food companies so they can sell their products to them and rely less on grocery chains. And finally, we'll discuss our upcoming series "Robots Ate My Job," which takes a look at how the real competition for our jobs often comes from automation. 

Ivanka Trump has officially become and unpaid assistant to the president with an office in the White House and a security clearance. But what does it take to get security clearance? How much does it cost to grant security clearance? We got some answers. Also from Washington: The Congressional Budget Office released a report today projecting the United States reaching a record level of publicly held debt by 2017. We take a look at how demographic shifts have contributed to this problem. We also talk with NFL players Malcolm Jenkins and Anquan Boldin, about their campaign for criminal justice reform. 

As the Congressional Budget Office gears up to release its annual 30-year budget outlook, we'll examine the value in looking decades ahead. The forecast will predict what will happen if there are no changes to laws governing taxes and government spending. Afterwards, we'll discuss the factors leading to a strengthening home market, and then look at SpaceX's plan to launch a commercial satellite into orbit using a recycled rocket booster.  

Samsung has released its latest flagship devices, the Samsung S8 and S8 Plus, and unveiled its artificial intelligence assistant Bixby. Following Samsung's series of scandals in the past year, we'll look at what shape the company's in. Afterwards, we'll explore the AARP's use of seminars to educate older generations on how to use smartphones.