ECONOMY

Republicans Begin Hearings To Peel Back Dodd-Frank

5:03am April 26, 2017

by Charles Lane

House Republicans hold a hearing Wednesday on a plan to rewrite Dodd-Frank, the law put in place after the 2008 financial crisis. The Republican plan is known as the Financial Choice Act.

Boycotts And Buycotts: How We Use Money To Express Ourselves

9:01pm April 24, 2017

Many Americans are increasingly expressing their political beliefs with their wallets. Neeru Paharia explains how we use money to tell stories about ourselves, and to ourselves.

Paul Greenberg looks out at an anchoveta fleet in Peru. The fish is mostly ground up for use as feed on animal and fish farms.

What Fish Is Good For Me And The Planet? New Documentary Explores

4:55pm April 24, 2017

by Natalie Jacewicz

In order to investigate how eating fish affects our health as well as the oceans, author and fisherman Paul Greenberg spent a year eating fish every day.

Economy

Warm Winter Threatens, Then Jump-Starts NC Strawberry Season

10:30am April 24, 2017

by Paul Garber and The Associated Press

An early spring raised concerns that a late frost could damage North Carolina's strawberry crops. Now the threat has passed, and that means it's going to be an unusually early picking season.

After David Wiley was laid off from the grueling day to day of the coal mining industry, he found a new livelihood working for STAT EMS in Pineville, W.V.

From Risking His Life To Saving Lives, Ex-Coal Miner Is Happy To Take The Paycut

9:32pm April 23, 2017

by Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi

The "Brave New Workers" series tells stories of Americans adapting to a changing economy. This week: after years working in the coal mines of West Virginia, a miner charts a new career in health care.

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The University of Chicago campus in 2015.

Student Loans: You've Got Questions, We've Got Answers

8:07am April 23, 2017

by Anya Kamenetz

Is trade school the ticket? Does the middle class have the worst debt woes? Listeners weigh in with burning student loan questions.

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Left to right: George Fermon (standing), Benjamin F. Fermon (seated, author's grandfather; father of children pictured), Jessie Fermon (standing, back row), Benjamin "Bizzy" Fermon (front row, white romper), Harold Fermon, (grey knee-britches suit), Jessi

Why My Coal Mining Grandfather's Deathbed Advice Applies To Minority Americans

4:31am April 23, 2017

by Amy Alexander

As my grandfather lay dying from Black Lung disease, his eldest children did not question or doubt his advice to them: go out and get educations, and master newer ways of working.

A student uses notecards to learn facts about American government during a class at the public library in Brush, Colo.

Immigrants Make This Farm Town Work. Now They're Applying For Citizenship

4:32pm April 21, 2017

by Luke Runyon

Many immigrants come to Morgan County, Colo., for its plentiful, if grueling, jobs in agriculture. Now, fears about changes to immigration policy under Trump are prompting many to act.

Jeremy Howard on the TED Stage at TEDX BRUSSELS 2014 in Belgium.

Jeremy Howard: Will Artificial Intelligence Be The Last Human Invention?

1:27pm April 21, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

Jeremy Howard has studied machine learning for 25 years. He says artificial intelligence can help achieve amazing things. But he warns the impact on jobs may cause a great deal of social instability.

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Workers' gear hangs inside Lobster Trap's facility in Steuben, Maine.

Maine's Immigrants Boost Workforce Of Whitest, Oldest State In U.S.

10:26am April 21, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

New immigrants are projected to be the main driver of the U.S. workforce over the next 20 years. That trend is already playing out in Maine, which has an aging white population with a low birth rate.

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