Segments From This Episode

• Wages rise … but prices rise more

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  If wages were to rise as fast as prices right now, it could lead to a wage-price spiral, something the Fed is trying to prevent.

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• Gorge no more!

  Today, we check in with Wendy Edelberg from the Hamilton Project. As she explains, consumers have been gorging on products during the pandemic, but as demand pivots away, the prices of durable goods have softened.

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• Small businesses that provide services face a pricing dilemma

  by Savannah Peters

  

  Customers are coming back to businesses like restaurants and day spas, but with costs going up, how much should businesses charge?

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• How global economic disruption sifts down to one small flour mill in Pasadena, California

  by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

  

  Nan Kohler of Grist & Toll says she’s thinking outside the box to deal with challenges from the pandemic and rising inflation.

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• Parents of transgender children in Texas face a hard choice: stay or go

  by Amy Scott

  

  A new state policy threatens families and doctors who provide gender-affirming medical care.

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• More high schools may start the day later … because teens need more sleep

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  While pediatricians support a change, some districts say it would upend child care and work schedules for families.

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