Segments From This Episode

• With unemployment high, why can’t companies find the workers they need?

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  There are many theories, including unemployment benefits being too high, a skills mismatch and low wages.

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• Inflation watch: Shipping container rates and prices soar on U.S. customer demand

  by Scott Tong

  

  Clogged U.S. ports don’t just mean a longer wait time for you, the consumer. They also mean ripple effects for Chinese exporters.

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• For small-business owners, “it’s just never-ending”

  by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

  

  An independent hairstylist reflects on her newfound respect for small-business ownership after a year on her own.

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• Have we become more patient during the pandemic?

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  “We don’t find that patience in one context is necessarily related to patience in another context,” said one expert.

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• Background checks in dating apps aim to promote safety, but raise privacy concerns

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  A leading dating-app company is working with a nonprofit to bring criminal checks to one of its platforms.

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• The big empty: San Francisco is sitting on millions of square feet of vacant office space

  by Matt Levin

  

  Which raises the question: Does it look the city’s going to ghost itself?

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