Cardiff Garcia
Stories
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Why All Those Criticisms About Millennials Aren't Necessarily Fair
Lazy. Coddled. Afraid of Adulthood. These adjectives are often used to describe millennials. But are they accurate?
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Amazon Opens Brick-And-Mortar Stores Meant To Emphasize Convenience
Amazon is opening new stores — in the real world. And in true Big Tech fashion the experience is meant to emphasize convenience. All you need to do is walk in, grab your stuff, and go.
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How Movie Stars Control Their Macho Capital
Hollywood action stars like Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson are protecting their "toughness" by negotiating to prevent their characters from getting beaten up. They star in a Fast & Furious spinoff.
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The U.S. Has Nearly 1.9 Billion Acres Of Land. Here's How It Is Used
The U.S. is a big place, nearly 1.9 billion acres. Stacey Vanek Smith and Cardiff Garcia from NPR's daily economics podcast, The Indicator, look at how all that land is divvied up.
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Flexible Workspaces Could Be The Future For More Americans In The Next Decade
WeWork has been cropping up in cities all over the world. And now, it's planning to go public. More and more Americans are expected to work from flexible workspaces over the next decade.
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World
6 Years After Japan Launched Its 'Womenomics' Policy Is It Working?
Women have long been an untapped economic resource in Japan. Six years ago Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe decided to change that by introducing a policy of "womenomics."
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What Happened To U.S. Workers?
The share of people aged 25 to 54 in the labor force has fallen in the past couple of decades. What happened?
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Lab-Grown Diamonds Shake Up The Diamond Industry
A lot of money is pouring into the global diamond industry, but demand for diamonds has been less than lustrous of late. A new player might be changing up the industry – diamonds grown in labs.
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Dancing On The Debt Ceiling
Tomorrow is the day the U.S. hits its debt limit. What happens if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling?
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Lifts Restrictions On Payday Loans
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced it will roll back Obama-era restrictions on payday loans, which can trap consumers in a debt cycle.