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How to align your money with your environmental values

2 weeks ago | marketplace.org | Zoe Saunders |Katie Reuther

Apr 4, 2025 Season 4 | Episode 5 Apr 4, 2025 There are many ways to create change in the world, but how can you use your money to make a difference? In this episode, host Yanely Espinal speaks with author and financial educator Kara Perez about aligning your money with your values. Perez explains how you can spend, save, and invest based on what matters to you. She encourages listeners to think about the real power of their money.
Paying for college - Marketplace

3 weeks ago | marketplace.org | Zoe Saunders |Katie Reuther

Not sure how you’re going to pay for college? Even if the sticker cost seems impossible, college can be more affordable than you might think. In this episode, host Yanely Espinal talks with educator and entrepreneur Teng Yang about the financial resources available to help students pay for college. From personal savings to grants, scholarships and loans, Yang talks us through each funding source and what to watch out for.
College as a financial decision

1 month ago | marketplace.org | Zoe Saunders |Katie Reuther

Financially Inclined March 21, 2025 TranscriptNote: Marketplace podcasts are meant to be heard, with emphasis, tone and audio elements a transcript can’t capture. Transcripts are generated using a combination of automated software and human transcribers, and may contain errors. Please check the corresponding audio before quoting. Yanely Espinal: What’s up, everybody? I’m Yanely Espinal and this is Financially Inclined from Marketplace. We’re sharing money lessons for living life your own way.
Entering your entrepreneur era

1 month ago | marketplace.org | Zoe Saunders |Katie Reuther

Financially Inclined March 14, 2025 TranscriptNote: Marketplace podcasts are meant to be heard, with emphasis, tone and audio elements a transcript can’t capture. Transcripts are generated using a combination of automated software and human transcribers, and may contain errors. Please check the corresponding audio before quoting. Yanely Espinal: What’s up, everybody? I’m Yanely Espinal, and this is Financially Inclined from Marketplace. We’re sharing money lessons for living life your own way.
Who’s paying for this?

1 month ago | marketplace.org | Zoe Saunders |Katie Reuther

Financially Inclined March 7, 2025 TranscriptNote: Marketplace podcasts are meant to be heard, with emphasis, tone and audio elements a transcript can’t capture. Transcripts are generated using a combination of automated software and human transcribers, and may contain errors. Please check the corresponding audio before quoting. Yanely Espinal: What’s up, everybody? I’m Yanely Espinal, and this is Financially Inclined from Marketplace. We’re sharing money lessons for living life your own way.
Climate-related cocoa shortages put strain on the global chocolate industry

Jan 3, 2025 | marketplace.org | Katie Reuther

Cocoa shortages pushed the commodity price of cocoa to a whopping $12,500 per ton on the London market last spring, up 400% from the typical price over the past decade. Climate change is transforming agriculture worldwide, with shifting weather patterns wreaking havoc on production systems. Unpredictable temperature extremes and variable rainfall caused billions of dollars in crop losses last year in the U.S. alone, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
College athletes who missed out on NIL deals step up to collect

Sep 27, 2024 | marketplace.org | Ellen Rolfes |Katie Reuther

In this week’s “Make Me Smart” newsletter, we dive into the latest on athletes who are suing to recoup money off their college careers. Plus, we delve into the economics of being single and the numbers on how much consumers are spending on subscriptions. Colleges are still making money off their glory days, so why can’t players? When the NCAA lifted bans on college athletes earning money from their fame in 2021, many athletes, including some who played decades ago, stepped up to collect.
Is the shoplifting "crisis" over?

Sep 20, 2024 | marketplace.org | Ellen Rolfes |Katie Reuther

Is the shoplifting “crisis” over? Last year, retail executives were sounding the alarm about shoplifting cutting into profits. This year, there’s been less hullabaloo. CNN reported that mentions of “shrink” on companies’ earnings calls dropped 20% in the first half of 2024. Shoplifting is shrink, but not all shrink is shoplifting. Shrink refers to all inventory losses, including theft by customers and employees, but also damage, errors, returns and vendor fraud.
The impending private equity blitz on NFL teams

Sep 6, 2024 | marketplace.org | Ellen Rolfes |Katie Reuther

In this week’s “Make Me Smart” newsletter, we explore the NFL’s decision to allow select private equity firms to invest in America’s professional football teams, how safe big, heavy cars actually are, and the costs of an extremely hot summer. Corporate raiders meet the Las Vegas Raiders. The National Football League kicked off its new season this week with big news off the field: A select group of private equity funds can now buy a portion of professional American football teams.
Why you keep hearing about canceling medical debt

Aug 30, 2024 | marketplace.org | Ellen Rolfes |Tony Wagner |Katie Reuther

In this week’s “Make Me Smart” newsletter, we explore the rise of medical debt forgiveness, how crypto is popping up in the 2024 elections and do the numbers on Labor Day. Medical debt is a real problem, even for those with health insurance. More than 100 million Americans have some kind of medical debt, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.