Jul 29, 2022

Evictions climb to pre-pandemic levels

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Less than a year after the nationwide eviction moratorium ended, evictions have reached pre-pandemic levels. Plus, a Finnish sand battery could hold the key to renewable energy storage.

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“Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal talks to Ana Swanson at the New York Times and Sudeep Reddy at Politico about the Inflation Reduction Act and what the most recent sets of data tell us about the state of the economy.

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How inflation is impacting salary negotiations

by Matt Levin

Jul 29, 2022

Employees have leverage, for now, and rising prices provide a rational justification for requesting a raise.

Inflation can be an objective metric to use when asking for a raise.

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Colleges get creative to solve housing insecurity among students

by Stephanie Hughes

Jul 29, 2022

At the University of Utah, students can live with alumni. One California school is using a parking garage as a stopgap.

A lack of affordable housing can be a barrier to attending college, so schools are trying to find alternatives.

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Eviction filings hit pre-pandemic levels a year after the end of the moratorium

by Kai Ryssdal and Richard Cunningham

Jul 29, 2022

"The long-term goal has to just be structurally changing this untenable housing system that we have," said Carl Gershenson, the project director at Princeton University’s Eviction Lab.

Because many young people, racial minorities and those with lower incomes rent their housing, they're disproportionately affected evictions.

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Could the sand battery make renewable energy more dependable?

by Stephen Beard

Jul 29, 2022

A start-up in Finland unveils the world’s first commercial heat storage system using sand to solve the problem of the variability of solar and wind power.

The sand battery at Kankaanpaa in southwest Finland.

Courtesy Polar Night Energy

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Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Andie Corban Producer I

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