Segments From This Episode

• Why isn't AI creating any new jobs?

  by Matt Levin

  

  Transformative new technology — the internet, the car, the steam engine — historically leads to new, better jobs for humans. What about AI?

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• Consumers are still glum

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  The consumer confidence index from The Conference Board fell slightly in October, showing that consumers are still anxious about the economy and the job market.

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• Wayfair is rising above the slump in home furnishings sales. But there may be dark clouds on the horizon.

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  The home furnishings marketplace has done well thanks to smaller purchases.

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• A Utah family is remodeling to create an accessible space for their daughter

  by Sarah Leeson

  

  Nine-year-old Savanna Bradley is completely immobile. As she grew, the need to find a home that fit both her needs and the rest of the family’s grew, too.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• Schools struggle 3 years after end of universal free school meals

  by Carla Javier

  

  A pandemic-era program allowed schools to provide free meals for all students. Since it ended, some students have been racking up unpaid meal debt.

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• Academic journals have a fraud problem

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sarah Leeson

  

  From fraudulent research coming out of paper mills, to data fabrication showing up in published papers, academic journals have a quality control issue on their hands.

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