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Prato, Italy, is a city of under 200,000 near Florence and produces clothing and accessories for brands from Gucci to Zara.

About one in 20 workers has multiple jobs, a rate not seen since the waning days of the dot-com boom.

The rate of people either working or looking for work in the U.S. ticked down to 62%.

“Unemployment is not a problem for our system,” said University of Tulsa professor Clara Mattei. “It's actually a solution for it.”

After all, odds are no one will die if you don’t forward that report before tomorrow morning.

Hiring and job loss are in equilibrium. But it’s a fragile balance.

In most of the country, sending a kid to day care costs more than sending one to a public university. But in New Mexico, most families can pay nothing at all. 

“Employers are not going to necessarily be prioritizing what’s best for kids; they’re going to always have their bottom line as their top priority,” explains Vox’s Rachel Cohen.

Adam Grant of The Wharton School describes evidence-based strategies for getting the best out of employees.

B Corps are companies that are certified to meet high standards for their treatment of workers, supply chains and the environment. But how high should those standards be?