Sep 7, 2022

Out with the old rules

The exterior of a Target store in Los Angeles, California before the start of business on August 17, 2022 Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

Target joins a growing number of companies doing away with mandatory CEO retirement ages. Plus, what the number of involuntary part-time workers reveals about the labor market.

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Target's the latest company to ditch mandatory retirement for CEOs

by Kristin Schwab

Sep 7, 2022

With people living and working longer, many companies see the rules as outdated.

Brian Cornell, shown here in 2017, can stay on as Target CEO after turning 65.

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What the number of involuntary part-time workers tells us about the economy

by Savannah Maher

Sep 7, 2022

The "I’d prefer a full-time gig, but I can’t find one” measure can give us a sense of how much slack or unmet potential there is in the labor market.

If involuntary part-time employment starts to tick up, that can be a leading indicator of a slowing economy.

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For TikTok maker Kyla Scanlon, it's about making finance fun (and a bit chaotic)

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

Sep 7, 2022

Influencer Kyla Scanlon talks about the art of making TikToks on macroeconomics and her battles with algorithms and attention spans.

Kyla Scanlon is the independent economics educator and TikToker behind the "vibecession" theory.

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Women's soccer equal pay deal highlights how unions can help level the playing field

by Meghan McCarty Carino

Sep 7, 2022

According to federal data, union membership reduces the gender pay gap by nearly 40%.

Under the new contracts, the U.S. men's and women's soccer teams will be paid according to the same pay structure for appearances and tournament games.

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This Arizona esthetician is glad she joined the "great resignation"

by Richard Cunningham

Sep 7, 2022

We check in with Shauna Kruse, who moved her family across country and went back to school to become an esthetician.

“It just seemed very natural, actually, to go into something where I was, you know, literally face to face with helping people feel their very best,” says Shauna Kruse, who went back to school to become an esthetician.

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Music from the episode

Lost in Florence feat. I Eat Plants for a Living Kendall Miles

Confessions Sudan Archives

Juicy The Notorious B.I.G.

Dream Chorus TOKiMONSTA

Coffin Nails MF DOOM

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Andie Corban Producer I

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

Richard Cunningham Associate Producer I

Dylan Miettinen Associate Digital Producer

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