Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGig workers and the Social Security funding gap
The Social Security trust fund is set to run out of money by 2032. Multiple policy proposals that could address this shortfall — everything from rais…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Going into debt to pay for groceries
Tomorrow, we'll get an inflation reading via the consumer price index. But a new report from the Urban Institute already finds that some people are s…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
The high cost of vacuuming carbon from the sky
Mitigating climate change likely requires not only lowering emissions, but removing existing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. And while the Trump …
2 weeks, 5 days ago
The other war affecting fuel prices
Energy prices are up, and we’ve got a war to thank. Two wars, actually. While all eyes have been on Trump’s on-again, off-again conflict with Iran, U…
3 weeks ago
Consumer spending holds strong
This morning, “Marketplace Morning Report” host Sabri Ben-Achour is joined by Gus Faucher, chief economist at The PNC Financial Services Group to tak…
3 weeks ago
The future of modern cars
In the last few weeks, chipmaker Micron Technology has signed agreements with both General Motors and Ford Motor Company, which are looking to secure…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 release raises questions about White House control over new models
OpenAI is rolling out its most advanced GPT-5.6 model after delaying the release for testing with the government. But the White House denied that the…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Return to war could fuel inflation
Inflation that resulted from the U.S. war with Iran had just begun to cool when President Trump called off a shaky ceasefire. Now, as the world turns…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
The market's take on the Middle East
Yesterday, oil prices surged in response to the president's announcement that the U.S.-Iran ceasefire was over. Today, we dig into this morning’s dip…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Turbulence for the airline industry
The country's biggest airlines are about to report financial results for the second quarter, which just so happens to have been at the height of the …
3 weeks, 2 days ago