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Noel King

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Noel King is currently a correspondent for Planet Money and was formerly a senior reporter for the Marketplace Wealth and Poverty desk.

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Economic Anxiety Index®

Hourly vs. Salary: A portrait of an American Worker

by Noel King
Oct 27, 2015
Marketplace- Edison Research poll reveals the plight of hourly workers
William Davis in his home in Freehold, New Jersey.
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Economic Anxiety Index®

Stuck in place: the American economy

by Noel King
Oct 27, 2015
The Marketplace-Edison Research Poll shows many Americans feel economically stuck.
Pay raises aren't what they used to be.
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New York City takes on evictions

by Noel King
Oct 16, 2015
The city's new way to battle homelessness: hire more lawyers to fight evictions.
A street corner in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. With rents rising, evictions have become increasingly common.
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Princeton economist awarded 2015 Nobel prize

by Noel King
Oct 12, 2015
Scottish-born Angus Deaton is known as a fierce critic of how poverty is measured.
"There are still 700 million people who are poor," Princeton economist Angus Deaton said at a press conference after his Nobel Prize was announced Monday.
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Baseball economics hits a homerun for the Mets

by Noel King
Oct 9, 2015
One reason the team is in the playoffs for the first time in several years: math.
Jacob deGrom is a young player with the relatively low salary of about $556,000.
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Just how much will that VW recall cost?

by Noel King
Oct 7, 2015
$7.3 billion apparently won't be enough for the recall that may start in January.
 Volkswagen's new boss said the auto giant would need more than a year to fix all its pollution-cheating cars. 
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Africa could face severe drought due to El Nino

by Noel King
Oct 7, 2015
The weather phenomenon could threaten Africa's food security.
Workers excavate earth at a residential area in southern Nairobi on Tuesday to create larger drainage channels. The United Nations warned that heavy floods and drought expected around East Africa could put thousands of lives at risk.
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Mid-day Update

PODCAST: Minimum wage woes

by Noel King
Oct 6, 2015
Sharing data, PepsiCo earnings, and St. Louis' minimum wage.
The Gateway Arch is seen in St. Louis, Mo., on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
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Oh, the stories campaign money tells....

by Noel King
Oct 1, 2015
The latest donation totals give candidates a chance to spin their narratives.
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World Bank rethinks poverty measure

by Noel King
Oct 1, 2015
The benchmark of $1.25 a day is expected to raise to $1.90.
The benchmark of $1.25 a day is expected to raise to $1.90.
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