Segments From This Episode

• Inflation is high, but has it peaked?

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  Inflation is high but decelerating. So when will it decelerate to something normal?

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• Are wages outpacing inflation? Depends on what you do.

  by Justin Ho

  

  Real average hourly pay increased 0.1% in December. Generally, wages are beating inflation, but some industries are lagging.

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• Oil jobs abound in West Texas, but obstacles hamper hiring

  by Andy Uhler

  

  Is it the Great Resignation? A clean-energy future? Higher wages? Or all of the above?

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• How a “gap year” away from the gig economy changed this artist’s life

  by Maria Hollenhorst

  

  “Time became the thing we identified as the ultimate privilege,” said Atiya Jones, a visual artist in Pittsburgh.

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• NuScale, compact nuclear plant developer, plans to go public

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  The company has created a modular design it says makes financial sense. Though carbon-free, nuclear remains controversial.

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• Alimony till death

  From Marketplace’s “This is Uncomfortable”: When Sonia Delgado divorced her husband after 30 years of a bad marriage, she thought she’d finally seized financial freedom. Instead, she faced a lifetime of alimony.

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