Re/code Daily - What's Up With the Global Economy? Look at Oil Prices and China.

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•	The U.S. economy is doing fine, but global markets are on the fritz. This is mainly due to two things: The current freakout over cheap oil and the slowing number of exports from China's manufacturing sector. An upcoming OPEC meeting has all of Wall Street crossing its fingers. [Osamu Tsukimori \| Reuters]
•	Chinese manufacturers are finding ways to adapt to the turmoil. A bevy of new consumer electronic products like drones, hoverboards and 3-D printers are giving new life to factories that previously churned out cheaper goods. [Gillian Wong \| The Wall Street Journal]
•	Hadi Partovi, CEO of the computer science education nonprofit Code.org, says that kids should learn CS even if they never plan to become a programmer. He explains why on this week's episode of the "Re/code Decode" podcast with Kara Swisher. [Eric Johnson \| Re/code]
•	Japanese tech giant SoftBank, whose stock price has fallen by almost a third since the year began, is going through with a $4.4 billion share buyback. One reason investors are skittish about the investment firm: Its struggles in turning around Sprint. [Ritsuko Ando \| Reuters]
•	Hillary Clinton has a new Silicon Valley patron: Napster co-founder and early Facebook investor and president Sean Parker. He recently donated $300,000 to the Hillary Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee for her campaign and Democratic state parties. [Maggie Haberman \| The New York Times]