The AI inflation roller coaster

Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  "Marketplace" host Kai Ryssdal talks about the latest economic news with Greg Ip of the Wall Street Journal and Catherine Rampell of MS NOW and the Bulwark.

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• This union negotiated hospital prices to save on healthcare

  by Alexandra Olgin

  

  Fed up with rising healthcare costs, one New York union cut out the middleman and is on track to save tens of millions of dollars.

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• It’s garage sale season, and Anchorage, Alaska is going all out

  by Ava White

  

  Alaskan households are coming together to throw neighborhood-wide yard and garage sales where residents can meet their neighbors and find some deals. With rising costs, some said the deals are more worthwhile than ever.

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• The return of the collectible matchbook

  by Kai Ryssdal and Livi Burdette

  

  Bars and restaurants are bringing back the retro souvenirs, which have become valuable marketing tools.

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• Could AI eventually make things cheaper?

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  Apple announced it’s raising prices on some iPads and MacBooks this week, citing the rising price of memory and storage devices. But some economists say AI could eventually bring the prices of goods and services down.

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• The Numbers

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