A Snapshot Of Poverty In America
The Supplemental Poverty Report provides a more accurate and nuanced picture of poverty in America
Your Money
If Your Medical Information Becomes A Moneymaker, Could You Get A Cut?
Sometimes discoveries derived from patients' medical data become the foundation of new profit-making companies. A fledgling industry wants to help patients get a cut of the cash.
Overrated/Underrated: Nobel Prizes, Conversations, And Our Descendants
Tyler Cowen rates Nobel prizes, blogs, and the importance of weirdness in conversation
Life On China's Blacklist
In China, if you don't pay back your loans, you could end up on a blacklist. When you're on it, you can't get a credit card or a plane ticket. Today on the show, we talk with someone on the blacklist.
China's Social Credit System
China has a problem: it's economy grew fast and that led to a trust problem. If someone doesn't pay back a loan, there's no real enforcement. But the solution might cause problems of its own.
The Iron Lotus
The reverse stock split is the Iron Lotus of the financial world. It looks complicated and absurd, and it often doesn't end well.
Are You In Over Your Head With Debt? We Want To Hear From You
Are you in over your head with debt? NPR wants to hear from you. In a few sentences tell us a bit about yourself, your situation and your major stumbling blocks with getting out of debt.
Who's Hiring?
Today on the Indicator: stolen jobs-day trends ... from our clever jobs-day friends!
Toyota Recalls More Than 800,000 Prius Vehicles In U.S.
The recall addresses the way the cars respond if their hybrid systems run into problems. They're designed to enter a fail-safe or "limp home" driving mode, but in certain conditions they can stall.