As teacher protests and walkouts continue around the country, we take a look at the economic realities of being a teacher, and at the decrease in school funding that’s behind it all. Plus, how China’s tariffs on U.S. exports will affect California’s wine country. Also on the show, the 20-year anniversary of the first big bank, the cost of filing taxes, and the tech workers who are saving so efficiently they’re planning to retire in their early thirties.
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The Marketplace Weekend finale
The economics of disability
Truckers, negotiators and powerful soccer moguls
Graduating into the economy
Women bandits, language bias and … yep, those tariffs
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Luck, law, large trade fairs — and lots of allergies
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Financial advice, food deserts, and puppies
Welfare, tax day and how to be an umpire
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