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My Economy: Housing the homeless during the winter

by Bennett Purser
Dec 20, 2018
"Here in Manchester, we say you're two paychecks away from homelessness."
Eleanor Watts with her dog Dexter.
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Weathering the hard times by selling chocolate

by Sean McHenry
Nov 15, 2018
"People don't stop buying a few small luxuries" in a recession, one couple found.
Two holiday-themed chocolates from Dean's Sweets, Kristin Thalheimer Bingham's store in Portland, Maine.
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She's a trainer who was schooled by dogs

by Marketplace Staff
Oct 26, 2018
She did it for the love of Lola, a rescue. Then it became her profession.
Some of Renee Bogaarts' furriest clients.
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She's a trainer who was schooled by dogs

by Marketplace Staff
Oct 26, 2018
She did it for the love of Lola, a rescue. Then it became her profession.
Some of Renee Bogaarts' furriest clients.
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This banker needs an airplane to provide service to customers

by Marketplace Staff
Sep 26, 2018
In the latest installment of My Economy, a dispatch from a far-flung group of Scottish islands.
Anne Rendall, the flying banker, with a plane that takes her to work every day.
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Tuning pianos to fill in the financial gaps

by Marketplace Staff
Aug 6, 2018
Instead of relying on a single income source, one music teacher took up a new trade.
Michael McTigue listens to a concert grand Model D piano in the final tuning room at the Steinway & Sons factory in Long Island City, New York, in 2005.
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The jean jacket startup aimed at Latina millennials

by Sean McHenry
Jul 25, 2018
Patty Delgado started with $500, working from her parents' couch.
Patty Delgado, founder of Hija de tu Madre, poses next to her signature denim jackets in her Los Angeles showroom.
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A longtime British steelworker describes how the industry has changed

by Marketplace Staff
Jun 28, 2018
"At the moment none of us know what the future holds."
In Port Talbot, Wales, the sale of the Tata Steel plant put thousands of jobs at risk and hit the already floundering U.K. steel industry hard in 2016.
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Employed, but still homeless

by Sean McHenry
Jun 17, 2018
One formerly-homeless barista describes working while living out of her car.
"But no, I never thought I'd be here," said Charlene Long, a barista who was formerly homeless. "And here I am, knowing how to make cortados, espressos, macchiatos. I didn't even know what a macchiato was last year. You know, it's crazy." 
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So how's the lawyer/food blogger economy looking?

by Shaheen Ainpour
Dec 19, 2017
He and his wife are comfortable but chipping away at their student debt.
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