Oct 12, 2020

The holiday shopping season is already here

Plus: airline cash burn rates, pay adjustments for our new work-from-anywhere normal and one community battling a 30% unemployment rate.

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COVID-19

Airlines are burning a lot of cash — so what does that mean?

by Andy Uhler

Oct 12, 2020

Expenses don’t go away just because people aren’t flying.

An employee disinfects an airplane at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Virginia in July. Airlines are burning cash because there are still expenses, regardless if people are flying.

Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images

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COVID-19

Employers rethink cost of living calculations

by Kristin Schwab

Oct 12, 2020

As employees stay remote and can move anywhere to work, some companies are reconsidering the math that goes into compensation packages.

People sit in socially distanced circles while picnicking at Mission Dolores Park in San Francisco. Some companies are reconsidering compensation based on a worker's location.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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COVID-19

COVID-19 holiday creep is already here

by Erika Beras

Oct 12, 2020

Holiday shopping is early and mostly online this year, experts say. Avoiding supply-chain delays is part of the reason.

Consumers return to retail shopping at the a mall in Glendale, Arizona, in June. Holiday shopping will be mostly online this year due to the pandemic.

Christian Petersen/Getty Images

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My Economy

A Los Angeles bookstore owner on reinventing her small business during the pandemic

by Daisy Palacios

Oct 12, 2020

Celene Navarrete had to close her shop doors in March and is now growing her online store and attending virtual book fairs.

Celene Navarrete, left, and Chiara Arroyo, owners of LA Librería in Los Angeles.

Sergio López Valero/Courtesy of Celene Navarrete

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COVID & Unemployment

The unemployment rate in some neighborhoods is triple the national average

by Jasmine Garsd

Oct 12, 2020

In parts of the South Bronx, the unemployment rate was estimated to be nearly 30% in August. Nationwide, it's a little less than 8%.

Felix Pinzon, an unemployed construction worker, pushes a cart of food donations in May in the Bronx.

Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images

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Shelf Life

Every number is the story of what's counted, and what's not

by Deborah Stone

Oct 12, 2020

In this book excerpt, Deborah Stone examines the way we calculate unemployment numbers.

Demonstrators rally at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 2019.

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Music from the episode

Pink + White Frank Ocean

Oh Devil Electric Guest

El Otro Chile Portavoz, Stailok

Diagonals Stereolab

Artifice SOHN

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Bridget Bodnar Producer

Daisy Palacios Producer

Sean McHenry Associate Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Associate Producer

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