Segments From This Episode

• What’s with those little seedless holiday tangerines?

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  How an expensive specialty fruit for the holidays turn into a ubiquitous discount grocery staple year-round.

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• Companies say they want more skilled workers. What’s a “skilled worker?”

  by Nova Safo

  

  Well, it depends on what sort of job is looking for them.

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• “We recognize it when we make a mistake, and we adjust” — Minneapolis Fed president

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

  

  The central bank made a policy U-turn in 2019, cutting interest rates. Neel Kashkari says that’s a good thing.

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• Machines need to be funny if they want to sell us stuff

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  Tech companies are hiring entertainers to make their chatbots nimble and witty.

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• These are the states benefiting the most from the $28 billion farm bailout

  by Janet Nguyen and Daisy Palacios

  

  A government program has given billions in subsidies to farmers affected by the U.S.-China trade war.

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