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Ask A Manager

How to talk to your co-workers

by Alison Green
Apr 27, 2018
You don't usually get to choose who you spend your days with, so Ask a Manager's Alison Green teaches you how to navigate choppy waters.
American actor Joan Crawford (1904 - 1977) sits on a sofa, reading a book with her pet poodle, 1940s.
Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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Can science fiction predict our economic future?

by Caitlan Reeg
Apr 12, 2018
Companies take a deep dive into the stacks of a sci-fi library to find out how we might react to new tech.
Fantastic Library founder Thomas Le Blanc has built a sci-fi and fantasy collection of more than 280,000 titles over the past three decades.
Andreas Reeg for Marketplace
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Business books deliver new buzz words with the old hype

by Kai Ryssdal and Shaheen Ainpour
Jan 11, 2018
Want to realize your untapped potential? How about boost your ______. Those are the kind of promises that grace the cover of some of the 11,000 business books published in the United States each year. But has the language used to to market these books changed over time? Miriam Quick analyzed decades’ worth of business […]
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Want to build social capital? Throw a dinner party.

by David Brancaccio
Dec 15, 2017
Marketplace’s David Brancaccio spoke to Rico Gagliano and Brendan Francis Newnam about their book “Brunch Is Hell: How to Save the World by Throwing a Dinner Party,” and their rules for creating the best dinner party.  Click the above audio player to hear the full story.  
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His father fled China and rode the escalator of globalization

by Kai Ryssdal , Scott Tong and Shaheen Ainpour
Dec 8, 2017
Reporter Scott Tong's book tells the story of his family's journey to the West against an economic backdrop.
A paramilitary police officer stands guard in front of a portrait of the late communist leader Mao Zedong in Beijing.
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Make Me Smart With Kai and Molly

Make Me Smart book club: What's next?

by Phoebe Unterman
Oct 24, 2017
It's up to you to choose.
Two young women reading in a park, U.S.A., circa 1970.
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The economics of future technology ... explained with comics

by Kai Ryssdal and Robert Garrova
Oct 17, 2017
Kelly and Zach Weinersmith investigate the not-too-distant future in “Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything.”
 Comic from “Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything.”
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"Milk Street" wants to take home cooking in a new direction

by Adriene Hill
Oct 3, 2017
Christopher Kimball is loosening his bow tie and having more fun in the kitchen.
Instead of focusing on the technique, Kimball says, the key to a good home meal is all about big flavors.
Courtesy of Christopher Kimball's Milk Street
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The Marketplace Quiz

Meet Gucci Mane, hustling since he was 9 years old

by Eliza Mills
Sep 22, 2017
Rapper and author Gucci Mane takes the Marketplace Quiz.
Rapper Gucci Mane is the author of the new book "The Autobiography of Gucci Mane," written while he was in prison.
Photo courtesy of Cam Kirk
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Shelf Life

Restaurateur Jen Agg on creating ambiance, treating staff like family and sexism in the kitchen

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 12, 2017
In a new book, Canadian restaurateur Jen Agg recounts growing up in the restaurant industry and why she thinks it can still get better.
Jen Agg.
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