China reaches a boiling point
Nov 30, 2022

China reaches a boiling point

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We talk to demonstrators in China calling for an end to more than COVID restrictions. Plus, profits have been elusive for food delivery apps.

Segments From this episode

Consumers are worried about the economy. They're also spending up a storm.

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They don't like the inflation rate, but they do like the current job market.
The strong job market is keeping consumers’ wallets open, despite high prices and concerns about a possible upcoming recession.
Kena Betancur/Getty Images

China's protesters are angry about more than just zero-COVID

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After nearly three years of China's zero-COVID policy, citizens are exhausted and some are calling for more than just an end to the restrictions.
A Shanghai man protesting the deadly apartment fire in locked down Xinjiang holds a sign that reads: Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.
Jennifer Pak/Marketplace

As crypto chaos continues, the next generation of hires is having doubts

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"Interest in the crypto space, generally speaking, tends to track the price of bitcoin," a UCLA professor says of his computer science students.
Soon-to-be hires are rethinking pursuing jobs at crypto companies.
Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

Food delivery apps supersized in recent years, but profits didn't

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Job cuts at DoorDash reflect a changing economy.
The market for food delivery apps boomed during the pandemic, but the "lifeline" they provided is no longer vital.
Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images

Bait & switch

In the depths of the internet, there is an online community devoted to exposing scammers by tricking them into revealing information. For the podcast “This Is Uncomfortable,” Marketplace’s Peter Balonon-Rosen reports.

Not toying around with rising prices

Irene Kesselman, owner of Ali Cat Toys in Carrboro, North Carolina, talks about how business is going so far in the critical holiday retail season.

Music from the episode

Rififi Rococo Chris Joss
Saddle Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes
Feather Little Dragon
Flutter Mocky
Mystic Voyage Roy Ayers

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer
Maria Hollenhorst Producer II
Andie Corban Producer I
Sarah Leeson Producer I
Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II
Richard Cunningham Associate Producer I
Dylan Miettinen Associate Digital Producer