"Why can't I make ends meet? Why can't I make this math work?"By Kai Ryssdal and Maria HollenhorstJune 28, 2018Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesIn her new book, Alissa Quart examines the lives of middle-class families struggling to get by.POSTED IN: Economy motherhood middle-class economic inequality Jobs employment Money home ownership ListenreadDownloadDownload
A pay increase for entry-level jobsBy Mitchell HartmanJune 01, 2018Chris Hondros/Getty ImagesADP reports entry-level wages for 16- to 24-year-olds rose 5.2 percent in the past year, about double the increase for workers' wages overall.POSTED IN: Economy Jobs entry-level jobs class of 2018 income wages employment ListenreadDownloadDownload
The best advice for college students unlucky enough to graduate into a recession: Be flexibleBy Scott TongMay 24, 2018Christopher Furlong/ Getty ImagesWhile studies suggest recession graduates tend to fall behind their nonrecession peers in terms of salary and don’t catch up for 10 to 20 years, there are ways to catch up more quickly and make up the gap.POSTED IN: Economy Divided Decade financial crisis graduation class of 2018 Jobs employment ListenreadDownloadDownload
How good is it for the class of 2018?By Mitchell HartmanMay 23, 2018Mitchell Hartman/MarketplaceThis year's college graduates enter one of the best job markets since the Great Recession.POSTED IN: Economy graduation Jobs class of 2018 Divided Decade higher education ListenreadDownloadDownload
Supreme Court ruling makes it harder for workers to take legal action against their employersBy Kimberly AdamsMay 21, 2018POSTED IN: business workplace arbitration Supreme Court lawsuits legal action class-action lawsuits ListenreadDownloadDownload
What really led to Trump's victory? By Sabri Ben-Achour and Janet NguyenApril 27, 2018JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty ImagesOne political science professor says that the "left behind" argument isn't what really drove the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.POSTED IN: Trump voters economic anxiety status class ListenreadDownloadDownload
Shanghai caps population to combat "big city diseases"By Jennifer PakJanuary 17, 2018Jennifer Pak/MarketplaceChina's Cabinet has decreed that the city's population should be 25 million — barely more than it is today.POSTED IN: world China Shanghai class mobility population population growth employment Immigration ListenreadDownloadDownload
Cutting the federal income tax rate is just a start, some economists say By Andy UhlerNovember 09, 2017POSTED IN: Economy middle class income tax tax rate federal income tax ListenreadDownloadDownload
How restrictions on class action lawsuits affect the arbitration industryBy Tracey SamuelsonOctober 25, 2017POSTED IN: business Banks arbitration class action lawsuits government ListenreadDownloadDownload