Jan 1, 2020

A shopping fast for the soul (and the wallet)

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Plus: A look back at this decade in the workplace, the story of a security guard who just turned 80 and a conversation about the board game industry.

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How We Shop

How We Shop: a New Year's shopping fast

by Marielle Segarra

Jan 1, 2020

Ever look around and realize you have 17 bottles of hand lotion?

Haley Falconer started the post-holiday season with a shopping fast.

Sean Gallup/Getty Images

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Workplace Culture

Decade in workplace culture defined by uneven recovery

by Meghan McCarty Carino

Jan 1, 2020

The longest economic expansion brought confidence for some, insecurity for others.

Google employees stage a walkout on Nov. 1, 2018, in New York, over sexual harassment.

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My Economy

The part-time security guard who just turned 80

by Bennett Purser

Jan 1, 2020

Dan Hartman became a security guard when disaster struck West Virginia. Now he’s the oldest guard in the company.

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The business behind board games

by Kimberly Adams and Bennett Purser

Jan 1, 2020

A tabletop game designer shares what it’s like to work in the booming game industry.

Players testing a new game at the gaming convention GenCon.

Darren Watts

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Music from the episode

Your Twenties Spose

Hipbrass Frohlocker

Twenties Bren Joy

Nineteen Twenties Style Speakeasy Jazz Playlist

Booty Swing Parov Stelar

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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