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Bennett Purser

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Corner Office from Marketplace

AMC's Sarah Barnett on legacy TV in the streaming era

Jan 22, 2020
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Corner Office from Marketplace

Why Charles Schwab's CEO strives for “less revenue per dollar.”

Oct 31, 2018
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My Economy

Affordable housing is her business model

by Bennett Purser
Jun 11, 2019
How a first-generation homeowner became a landlord who focuses on reasonable rents.
As a real estate investor, Anna Taylor says she focuses on affordable rents for tenants.
Courtesy of Anna Taylor
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Building the worlds of Broadway theater

by Bennett Purser and Ben Hethcoat
Jun 7, 2019
Broadway set and costume designer Dane Laffery talks about his passion for theater and the economics of the stage.
The set design for "On This Island" by Dane Laffrey.
Andrew Kluger
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Workplace Culture

Office air quality could be dumbing down workers

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Jun 4, 2019
If only we could open those floor-to-ceiling windows.
Employees work in an office in Moscow in 2014.
KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images
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Money makes all the difference in prison

by Bennett Purser
May 23, 2019
It can't buy freedom, but it bought one inmate some life-improving phone calls.
FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/Getty Images
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The business behind royal fashion

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
May 21, 2019
A viral Instagram series examines how Meghan Markel’s royal wardrobe works like a business endeavor.
Duchess Meghan Markle waves as she joins Queen Elizabeth II to walk from Storyhouse to Chester Town Hall in on June 14, 2018 in Chester, England.
Anthony Devlin/Getty Images
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The latest smart product: the baby diaper

by Bennett Purser and Kai Ryssdal
May 14, 2019
With a declining birthrate in the U.S., diaper brands hope new tech can bring in more profits.
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When stories, rather than things, 'spark joy'

by Amy Scott and Bennett Purser
May 13, 2019
Journalist Ann Friedman on finding the Holy Grail of estate sales and how possessions help to tell stories.
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Trade showdown

Farmers hoped for a trade deal. Instead, tariffs went up

by Bennett Purser and Kai Ryssdal
May 10, 2019
A farmer shares what's at stake without a trade deal.
A farmer holds soybean from the 2018 harvest, on May 5, 2019, at her farm in Scribber, Nebraska, among the top 15 U.S. states exporting to China.
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With Venezuela's collapsing government, "the collapse of everything else"

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
May 7, 2019
Why economist Carlos Hernández is staying in the country, despite political turmoil and zero economic opportunity.
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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My Economy

The bookbinder who specializes in repairing bibles

by Bennett Purser
May 7, 2019
With the help of a national Christian bookstore, she built a business fixing bibles for its customers. Then it shut down all locations.
Bible pages in repair at Abrami Book Bindery
Courtesy of Rosemary Abrami
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