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From Ph.D. to freelance writer, trying to make it as a journalist

by Bennett Purser

Apr 22, 2019

Jennifer Mabry earned the degrees but is still hoping to land the right job.

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When nightlife becomes your living

by Marketplace Staff

Apr 15, 2019

For Gregory Alexander, co-founder of A Club Called Rhonda, it all started with his 21st birthday.

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My Economy: Starting a small business in Echo Park

by Marketplace Staff

Apr 5, 2019

Maurice Harris wanted to open a coffee shop when he saw his neighborhood changing. The process wasn't easy.

Maurice Harris is the owner of Bloom & Plume Coffee in Echo Park in Los Angeles, California.

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My Economy: Using the jobs you hate for creative fodder

by Maria Hollenhorst

Mar 22, 2019

Halle Butler hated working. Now she writes about it.

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My Economy: The personal cost of a year of tariffs

by Marketplace Staff

Mar 19, 2019

For Sam Desai, vice president at RM Metals, a year of tariffs on his balance sheet changed his work habits.

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Making a video game about your life

by Sean McHenry

Mar 7, 2019

Catt Small's newest game puts the player in very familiar shoes — her own.

For Catt Small, creator of the game "Sweetheart," game development is about "trying to understand ways to communicate what it means to be a person to other people."

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Brexit

My Economy: Waiting out Brexit as an immigrant in the U.K.

by Marketplace Staff

Feb 22, 2019

"Brexit has put our lives on hold," said Helen De Cruz.

Helen De Cruz, a senior lecturer at Oxford Brookes University and immigrant from Belgium, said Brexit has changed the way she thinks about her finances and immigrant status.

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Living through the economic crisis in Venezuela

by Sean McHenry

Feb 11, 2019

For lawyer Juan Carlos Senior, the crisis has meant consumer prices he just can afford.

"Hyperinflation is destroying everything," says Juan Carlos Senior, a lawyer in Caracas, Venezuela.

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Government shutdown 2019

Coming back to work after the shutdown

by Sean McHenry

Feb 6, 2019

It was a bittersweet return for one government contractor.

"Financially and emotionally, I can't shoulder another month, another 8 percent income reduction, for the government to get their act together," Sunny Blaylock says.

Courtesy of Sunny Blaylock

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What the jobs report doesn't tell you

by Sean McHenry

Jan 23, 2019

Javier Cobo knows that people don't always re-enter the workforce by choice.

The good numbers in the December jobs report don't tell the whole story.

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