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Planet Money: Single Women Are Shortchanged In The Housing Market
A new study from Yale School of Management found a gender bias in the housing market means single women often lose out, whether they're...
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Jan 17, 20201 min read
All The Single Ladies...Are Losing In The Housing Market
It's generally tricky negotiating the price of a house, whether you're buying or selling. But a recent study from Kelly Shue and Paul...
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Jan 7, 20201 min read


American Icons: ‘My Ántonia’
Some great novelists get the acclaim and readership they deserve, and some don’t. Willa Cather is one who has not.
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Nov 21, 20191 min read
Amazon Opens Brick-And-Mortar Stores Meant To Emphasize Convenience
Amazon is opening new stores — in the real world. And in true Big Tech fashion the experience is meant to emphasize convenience. All you...
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Sep 24, 20191 min read
Why China, The World's Largest Rice Producer, Quietly Bought U.S. Rice Last Year
China is the world's biggest rice producer. So why did it agree to buy two shipping containers of rice from the U.S.? Planet Money...
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Sep 2, 20191 min read
The Rise Of The Blue-Collar Noncompete
Workers in sales jobs, or those who have access to a company's trade secrets, are often asked to sign noncompete clauses as part of their...
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Aug 10, 20191 min read
Sports Teams Need To Fill Stadiums
Attendance at most sporting events has dropped in the last decade — and continues to fall. Sports teams have put most of their efforts...
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Aug 8, 20191 min read
Cornhole And Other Less Traditional Sports Gather More Attention
Niche sports, such as cornhole, axe throwing and even professional arm wrestling, are beginning to attract interest and money. These less...
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Jul 24, 20191 min read
Amazon #FAIL...?
The online food delivery industry has managed to solve an issue that has managed to stifle online retailers-- the so-called...
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Jul 1, 20191 min read
Niche Sports Cashing In
Games that may have been played at a party with a beer cup in hand, or before that big college football game — like cornhole, darts or...
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Jun 26, 20191 min read


A town called DISH
When a small town in Texas changed its name to DISH, the satellite TV company gave its residents free TV for a decade. What DISH Network...
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Jun 12, 20191 min read
Coffee? Thank U, Next
That pricing disconnect comes from a lot of moving parts in the industry. For example, there's an oversupply of coffee beans, and...
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Mar 19, 20191 min read
Saying 'I Do' To Lab-Grown Diamonds
A lot of money is pouring into the global diamond industry, but demand for diamonds has been less than lustrous of late. But, at the same...
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Mar 14, 20191 min read
The VW Beetle's Dark Past
The Volkswagen Beetle is a symbol of peace, love, and harmony. It’s also a product of Nazi Germany. The story of how the Beetle...
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Feb 20, 20191 min read


The Division Problem
We take a look at a problem that has dogged humans for centuries: How do you divide goods fairly? #Economy
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Jan 25, 20191 min read


Kentucky Fried Christmas
How did Colonel Sanders and Kentucky Fried Chicken take over Christmas in Japan? PLUS: Household Name Uncut covers some Christmas...
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Dec 19, 20181 min read
College Side Hustle
Enrollment of both undergrads and graduate students has been declining for years. Meanwhile colleges are getting more creative in finding...
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Dec 15, 20181 min read
Beating Bollywood
India's population is 1.3 billion. So it only makes sense that American streaming giants Amazon and Netflix would want to get into the...
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Oct 18, 20181 min read


Japan eases immigration restrictions to fill chronic care worker shortage
Walk through the sliding glass doors of the Shirokane no Mori nursing home in Tokyo and you’ll find a cabinet with individual cubbies...
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Oct 18, 20184 min read
The Price of Rice In Japan
The Japanese are eating less rice. Blame TV, the internet, burgers, Italian food, a growing economy. Blame the lunch ladies! Rice...
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Sep 13, 20181 min read
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