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In Ohio, Lordstown Mayor Says It's Been Quiet Since General Motors Plant Closed

6:12pm March 19, 2019

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Mayor Arno Hill of Lordstown, Ohio, about the General Motors plant at the center of President Trump's latest tweetstorm.

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Coffee is served at a coffee shop in Medellin on October 28, 2017. (the town has a stationary population of 20000 people). / AFP PHOTO / JOAQUIN SARMIENTO (Photo credit should read JOAQUIN SARMIENTO/AFP/Getty Images

Economy

Coffee? Thank U, Next

4:21pm March 19, 2019

Your average cup of coffee is getting more expensive — but the price for coffee beans is going down. How can that be?

For certain species, a market preference for plate-sized whole fillets is driving fishermen to target smaller fish, like these juvenile Malabar snappers. That means some wild fish aren't getting the chance to reproduce before they're caught.

Why Restaurant Demand For Smaller Fish Fillets Is Bad News For Oceans

2:50pm March 19, 2019

by Alastair Bland

Many U.S. chefs and retailers prefer intact fillets that constitute a single portion. That demand is driving overfishing for young fish that haven't reproduced. A new campaign aims to change that.

Japan's Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda said Tuesday that he will step down in June, as French authorities probe his involvement in payments made before Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Summer Games.

Head Of Japan's Olympic Committee Steps Down Amid Tokyo 2020 Corruption Probe

2:01pm March 19, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

French prosecutors suspect the Tokyo bid committee of paying bribes to host the 2020 Games. Tsunekazu Takeda, who also chairs the IOC's Marketing Commission, maintains his innocence.

Eloisa Tamez of El Calaboz, Texas, walks along the border wall in her backyard. She took the government to court over surveying her land and over the compensation she received for the land needed for border wall construction.

Rio Grande Valley Landowners Plan To Fight Border Wall Expansion

9:12am March 19, 2019

by Reynaldo Leanos Jr.

A decade ago, dozens of Texas landowners fought the federal government's efforts to build a wall on their land. Those battles are beginning again as new walls are planned for the Rio Grande Valley.

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Alan Krueger on the day he was nominated by President Obama as Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers.

What Alan Krueger Taught Us

8:39am March 19, 2019

by Greg Rosalsky

The renowned economist and former Obama adviser Alan Krueger died this past weekend. We look at his enormous legacy.

The White House Is Out With Its Annual Economic Report

7:54am March 19, 2019

Steve Inskeep talks to Kevin Hassett, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, about President Trump's economic report. NPR's Scott Horsley weighs in on the conversation.

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Alan Krueger, a Princeton University economist and chairman of former President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, specialized in workforce economics.

Ex-White House Economist Alan Krueger Dies; Saw Lessons For Economy In Rock Music

6:00pm March 18, 2019

by Scott Horsley

Princeton economist Alan Krueger, who served in the Obama White House, has died. Krueger's research interests included the minimum wage, the opioid epidemic and rock 'n' roll. He was 58.

The reality of electronic medical records has yet to live up to the promise.

Health & Safety

Why The Promise Of Electronic Health Records Has Gone Unfulfilled

5:42pm March 18, 2019

by Fred Schulte

The government used a 2009 financial stimulus package to move the country from paper medical charts to electronic records. Care was supposed to get better, safer and cheaper. It hasn't worked out.

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Economy

The Cost Of Student Debt

4:32pm March 18, 2019

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Should you take out a student loan? Jill Schlesinger, author of "The Dumb Things Smart People Do With Their Money," does the math.