Segments From This Episode

• Bankruptcies among larger businesses highest since just after Great Recession

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  The situation for small and medium-sized businesses is probably even worse.

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• How missed rent payments could affect the affordable housing supply

  by Amy Scott

  

  When tenants can’t pay, their landlords may be forced to sell or face foreclosure.

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• As clothing sales drop, zipper and button makers struggle

  by Marielle Segarra

  

  The pandemic has downstream effects all throughout the supply chain.

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• How consumer spending is changing

  We hear from several consumers across the country about price changes, and what they’ve been shopping for.

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• Postal Service delays could move jobs to private competitors

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  Recent problems at the USPS could lead to more businesses using private companies for shipping — and that could have consequences for workers.

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• China to count bloggers and gamers as “employed” during pandemic

  by Jennifer Pak

  

  The news has fueled a perception that officials are out to inflate employment figures for a record 8.7 million graduates potentially entering a worsening jobs market.

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• From California to the Midwest, examining the perils of industrial farming and the risk to food

  by Tom Philpott

  

  An excerpt from “Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It.”

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