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Optimist Economy is a weekly economics podcast where economist Kathryn Anne Edwards and editor Robin Rauzi tackle one real problem and one practical solution. Listen, subscribe, and join the community.
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Occupy! An Unfinished Uprising: The Invitation (Ep. 1)
Optimist Economy is on break this month, but we know that optimist listeners are interested in tales of economic history, issues of inequality and movements for change. So we thought some of you might enjoy "Occupy!" a six-part narrative series about Occu
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Stop Donating Your Vacation Days to Your Boss
Nearly 90% of private-sector workers get paid vacation days from their job, but a Pew survey found 46% leave at least some of it on the table. Government survey data also show that the share of workers who are on vacation in any given week has fall by abo
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The Government is Already Paying for Your Health Insurance, Buddy Optimist Economy
About 18% of U.S. GDP every year gets spent on health care. Half of that, 9%, is coming from the government, which is about the whole cost of other countries'
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The Government is Already Paying for Your Health Insurance, Buddy
About 18% of U.S. GDP every year gets spent on health care. Half of that, 9%, is coming from the government, which is about the whole cost of other countries' public health programs. In other words, for what the U.S. spends on Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare,
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Mr. Justin Time Sets a Cruel Work Schedule
Just-in-time scheduling lets an algorithm decide when - and whether - millions of people work. Surveys find 40% of shift workers (mostly in retail and food service) don't know their schedule a week in advance. They can also get sent home mid-shift or aske
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