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  • Nov 21, 2018

    Oil prices slip, and their future is cloudy

    As stock prices fell today, so did the price of oil. The price of crude has dropped 30 percent since last month amid signs the world economy and oil demand are slowing down. And there’s plenty of oil about. Even so, you might want to fill up your tank now and be worried. Influential voices […]

  • Nov 21, 2018

    This is the most expensive gas station in America

    This is the most expensive gas station in America
    Visual Hunt

    Why would a station charge nearly $6 for a gallon of gas?

  • Nov 21, 2018

    At some Bronx public schools, 1 in 5 students are homeless

    Social worker Carol Graham and Principal Danielle Keane at PS/MS 5 in the Bronx. With more than 700 kids from preschool through 8th grade, more than 150 are in temporary housing.
    (Julia Simon/Marketplace

    NYC schools plan to spend $28 million on personnel, services for homeless students.

  • Nov 20, 2018

    Cryptocurrencies’ collapse follows 2017 run, regulation threats

    In this photo illustration a visual representation of the digital currency Bitcoin sinks into water. 
    Photo Illustration by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

    Down from its 1,400 percent rise in 2017, bitcoin is now trading at less than $5,000 — a sharp decline for what some once hoped was a new and promising asset that could excite institutional investors. Instead, many traders were just trying to make a quick buck. Click the audio player above to hear the […]

  • Nov 20, 2018

    How to be a chef

    Dominique Crenn is the first female chef to receive two Michelin stars in the United States.
    Matt Edge

    Dominique Crenn of the Michelin-starred Atelier Crenn in San Francisco discusses her career.

  • Nov 20, 2018

    How economics shapes fight culture around the world

    “Fightworld” creator-host Frank Grillo with a Muay Thai fighter.
    Dean Georgopoulos/Netflix

    "Fightworld" creator Frank Grillo says many champions started out "fighting for their lives."

  • Nov 20, 2018

    Bringing college degrees back to the reservation

    Students throw their mortarboards in the air during their graduation photograph at the University of Birmingham degree congregations on July 14, 2009 in Birmingham, England.
    Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

    There's no "white-collar economy" to support graduates, writer Sterling HolyWhiteMountain says.

  • Nov 20, 2018

    How delivery apps are changing the restaurant industry

    Sara Deseran and Joe Hargrave have made changes to their restaurant to adapt to third-party apps.
    Sam Harnett for Marketplace

    "We have to adapt every single thing we do," one eatery owner says.

  • Nov 20, 2018

    When Apple suffers, the pain is spread around

    Shares of Apple took a hit Monday, declining 4 percent after the Wall Street Journal reported Apple has cut production orders in recent weeks for all three iPhone models launched earlier this year. When Apple runs into trouble, it tends to be a drag on many other companies and the market as a whole. Click the […]

  • Nov 20, 2018

    Can a company boss have too much power?

    The chairman of Nissan Motors, Carlos Ghosn, has been arrested by Japanese prosecutors. He’s accused of underreporting his income on financial statements. Nissan says it’ll fire him this week and Nissan’s CEO says Ghosn’s arrest shows that too much power had been concentrated in one person for too long. Click the audio player above to […]