Marketplace Weekend

We’re diving into the economics of being a recent grad this week, from building credit, to finding the right job, to saving for a home (or simply paying the rent).

Did you know there’s a shortage of truck drivers? What that means for them and for the prices of products we buy.

Roughly one in five Americans has a disability. Those numbers increase with age and vary across race and gender. And every single one of those people is carving out an economic life.

On this final episode, we talk storm chasing, rent-to-own housing and disability and hiring.

This week, we are revisiting an episode that we did on the industry that wants to make a better version of you.

A lot happened in 2017, and we’re returning to one particular natural disaster that changed Puerto Rico from top to bottom.

Back in 2017, we visited three cities: Dalton, Georgia; Gillette, Wyoming; and Corvallis, Oregon. In each place, we met with the mayor and with folks around town, getting a sense of the economy there and how it’s changing

This week, we are revisiting the stories listeners engaged with the most.

This week, we are revisiting a bunch of our favorite stories from over the past few years.

Roughly one in five Americans has a disability. Those numbers increase with age and vary across race and gender, but every single one of those people is carving out an economic life.