Jun 4, 2019

Would you rather work four 10-hour days a week?

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Plus: Why the Fed is so chatty lately and why conference room air could be making you dumber.

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Shelf Life

What a former Wall Street trader found exploring "back row America"

by Daniel Shin

Jun 4, 2019

Chris Arnade went in search of an economic reality different to the one he knew.

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Economic Anxiety Index®

What if we shortened the workweek?

by Tracey Samuelson

Jun 4, 2019

The five-day workweek is ingrained in American culture.

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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.

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Buy spray cheese with food stamps? White House wants to make it possible

by Renata Sago

Jun 4, 2019

Proponents argue the change will allow more stores to accept SNAP benefits. Critics say it's an incentive to stock less healthy food.

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Will India be Trump's next trade war target?

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

Jun 4, 2019

Following tariffs on China and Mexico, India's change in trading status change makes it look like a multi-front trade war.

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The Fed was unusually chatty Tuesday

by Mitchell Hartman

Jun 4, 2019

Five public speeches? Even for increasingly communicative central bankers, that's a lot.

Fed chair Jerome Powell speaks during a conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on June 4.

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Music from the episode

Burn the Witch Radiohead

Antenna Bonobo

Nada Mellah

Music Save Me (One More Time) Mocky

Mermaid In Heaven The Neptunes

Nothing Breaks Like a Heart (feat. Miley Cyrus) Mark Ronson, Miley Cyrus

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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