In a one-hour, special “Marketplace” broadcast, host Kai Ryssdal explores the way we measure this economy and what’s at stake if those statistics become suspect.
You can thank viral mozzarella cheese pulls and an appeal to Gen Z diners. Plus: Jay Powell’s Jackson Hole speech, electric bills, and the housing market.
Plus: China pivots investment and trade focus to developing nations, public school districts hire recruiters to boost enrollment, and homebuilders remain wary.
Plus: Who wins when Congress triples the ICE budget? Why did the U.S. break energy export records last year? And, what’s it like to sell imported cheese right now?
In this economy, who doesn’t need a little treat? Plus: Arts nonprofits’ funding scramble, the wealth tax debate, and Putin’s 2003 visit to New York City.
Wholesale prices grew a whopping 3.3% year-over-year in July. Plus: A traveling library finds a home, and job hunters feel discouraged by automated job applications.
HBO Max’s “Hacks” often highlights the tension between art and profit. In a way, it even prophesized the cancellation of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.”
