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Remembering Paul Volcker
Dec 9, 2019

Remembering Paul Volcker

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Plus: A new innovation that could make recycling more efficient, how to make kids' entertainment more diverse, and the "smoker's track" at work.

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Paul Volcker's battle against inflation pushed interest rates up to 20%

by Amy Scott
Dec 9, 2019
Getting a loan in the early 1980s was a lot more expensive than today. That was the point.
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker testifies before the Joint Economic Committee May 14, 2008 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
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When it pays to smoke with the boss

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 9, 2019
Male smokers who work for other male smokers get promoted faster, according to new research.
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Why one children's company is betting on cultural pride

by Kai Ryssdal , Andie Corban and Maria Hollenhorst
Dec 9, 2019
The co-founders of Encantos Media want to make diverse kids' content for multicultural families like theirs.
Steven Wolfe Pereira and Susie Jaramillo at Encantos Media's Manhattan office.
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The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer
Bridget Bodnar Producer
Daisy Palacios Producer
Sean McHenry Associate Producer
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