Mar 16, 2020

What happens to the economy when COVID-19 throws on the brakes?

Grocery stores are about the only place where things aren't slowing down. Amy Sussman/Getty Images

Plus, supply chains along the border, China's 270 million students learning at home and markets, which had their biggest single-day drop of the crisis.

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Parenting in a Pandemic

Working parents in China struggle with online schooling during the COVID-19 outbreak

by Jennifer Pak

Mar 16, 2020

Online classes are difficult for working Chinese parents with young children.

Ada Lu learned to ride a bicycle outside her apartment complex during the COVID-19 virus outbreak in Shanghai.

Charles Zhang/Marketplace

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COVID-19

For supply chain companies, U.S.-Mexico border closures could be catastrophic

by Andy Uhler

Mar 16, 2020

Mexico’s deputy health minister says he’s worried about people coming into Mexico from the United States.

Two-thirds of Mexico’s export business is with the United States. And 70% of that passes through Texas.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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COVID-19

How the Federal Reserve's "discount window" works

by Amy Scott

Mar 16, 2020

The Fed's cut to its short-term, emergency loan rate is meant to keep credit flowing to households and businesses.

The Fed also announced a cut in the discount rate in an attempt to stimulate the economy during the downturn caused by COVID-19.

Mark Makela/Getty Images

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COVID-19

Mass telecommuting is an opportunity for hackers

by Scott Tong

Mar 16, 2020

As more people work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, the bad guys are out. Even if your laptop is secure, your home network might not be.

As more people work from home during the coronavirus pandemic, they're more vulnerable to being hacked.

Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty Images

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United States of Work

One bartender faces the prospect of weeks without pay: “It’s gonna become a problem pretty quick.”

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

Mar 16, 2020

Neil Cairns, a bartender in Portland, Oregon says he'll just have to "hope for the best" as he faces reduced hours and the prospect of bar closures.

Neil Cairns at the Game Knight Lounge in Portland, Oregon.

Thomas Patterson

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Music from the episode

Burning Maggie Rogers

Burn the Witch Radiohead

Seconds Into Months (Instrumental Version) MNDLSS

Uprising Antibalas

Night Body AT / ALL

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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