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Sabri Ben-Achour

Correspondent & Host

Episodes by Sabri (609)

Marketplace Morning Report

Why the global supply chain cracked under COVID

Jun 14, 2024
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The financial war between Israel and the Palestinians

Jun 14, 2024
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Smaller races are drawing big campaign bucks

Jun 13, 2024
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The disappearance — and reimagination — of the gay bar

Jun 13, 2024
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What causes inflation? Economists and the public disagree

Jun 12, 2024
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Jobs IRL: Georgia bets big on EVs, and Savannahians

Jun 12, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1179

How the rise of judicial originalism has shaped our economy

Jun 11, 2024
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Marketplace Morning Report

Supply chain drama … again

Jun 11, 2024
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Jobs IRL: Looking at jobs on a more atomic level

Jun 11, 2024
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A big week for the Fed, probably not a big week for interest rates

Jun 10, 2024
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Shark populations are being threatened by a booming, illicit shark fin trade

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Erika Soderstrom
Dec 21, 2023
More than 70 million sharks are killed for their fins worldwide. Those fins are considered a status symbol in some parts of the world.
Dried shark fins are shown in a window in China's Guangdong province in August 2014.
Johannes Eisele/AFP
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The Apple watch patent battle is the latest in a long war over innovation in America

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 20, 2023
Apple is is expected to end sales of two new watches after it lost a patent case. How does this compare to other patent conflicts?
Apple said it would halt the sale of its Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches as soon as this week.
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Housing construction was expected to fall in November. Instead, it surged.

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 19, 2023
Housing starts surged nearly 15%, blowing expectations out of the water. What does that mean for the future of the housing market?
In November, 1.56 million single-family homes began construction, up nearly 15% from October.
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What it takes to work in America

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Alex Schroeder
Dec 12, 2023
Pathways for highly educated immigrants or seasonal workers can be scarce, and for other jobs they're practically nonexistent.
"We are stuck with an inflexible system where we rely on Congress to change the caps and categories for immigration," said Julia Gelatt of the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute.
Alex Kent/AFP via Getty Images
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What immigration actually does to jobs, wages and more

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Alex Schroeder
Dec 12, 2023
Republican lawmakers want immigration changes in exchange for Ukraine aid. What does economic research say about current policy?
The economic research tells us that immigration does not cause serious wage losses, for example.
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AI already has a big role in Hollywood

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 7, 2023
It's been used for some time in applications designed to support, not replace, the work of human actors, writers and directors.
Using artificial intelligence to cut the cost of visual effects will help filmmakers' budgets, said Nikola Todorovic of Wonder Dynamics.
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Does the SAG-AFTRA deal go far enough on AI use?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 7, 2023
The newly ratified SAG contract won some AI protections for actors, but some still have concerns.
Above, actress Frances Fisher joins picketing actors in July. Use of artificial intelligence was a major point of contention in the latest SAG contract.
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Why restaurants and bars have been losing jobs lately

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 6, 2023
Part of it? Inflation.
One reason hiring has slowed is consumer pushback to restaurants setting higher prices in the wake of ongoing inflation.
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The finances behind preventing HIV and AIDS

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Erika Soderstrom
Dec 1, 2023
The prices for HIV-prevention medication PrEP can range from 50 cents a day to north of $18,000 annually.
Emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate is a daily pill that can prevent HIV infections.
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Chemicals are a big business in the U.S., but here's why the sector is getting squeezed

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Nov 28, 2023
Lower demand for many products made from chemicals plus too much inventory results in rough times for chemical manufacturers.
Demand for products made with chemicals, from PPE to home improvement materials, was way up during the pandemic. Now that demand is falling, chemical manufacturers are adjusting inventory levels.
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