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Feb 27, 2020

Technology keeps improving, but we keep working more

Europe’s markets down hard over the ebbing and flowing of concern around COVID-19. The rural areas in America seeing a business boost. Why the American workweek is not shrinking.

A man walks in front of the New York Stock Exchange in the early hours of the morning. — A man walks in front of the New York Stock Exchange in the early hours of the morning.
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Segments From This Episode

Rural communities in “Graying America” see boost in business
by Kristin Schwab
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More than 20% of Americans 65 and older live in rural areas, according to the Census Bureau.
Keeping up with the Joneses is expensive
by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Preston C. Mack/Getty Images
We’re working more than we really need to.

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Technology keeps improving, but we keep working more