While new fulltime jobs are at a virtual standstill, the jobs that are available are more flexible, with more and more people working temporary and contract jobs to make ends meet. But more varied work means it’s harder to take time off. WNYC’s Brian Lehrer show spoke with Bloomberg BusinessWeek editor Peter Coy about the [...]
From stock market charts to music parodies, the economy definitely has some rhythm, and maybe that’s why a few new projects that are taking music as an inspiration, both literally and figuratively, as public media covers the economy. A big “ewww!” was my first reaction to this week’s PRX EconomyBeat podcast, which takes us dumpster [...]
Minnesota Public Radio’s In The Loop host Jeff Horwich has a few things to say about Ben Bernanke’s renomination as chair of the Federal Reserve:
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