Money Week
The Pandemic Has Left Us With A Lingering Trauma About Money
Expanded inequality, an inexplicable stock market, and a whole bunch of weird habits — this is how the pandemic will change our financial lives forever.
Scott Lucas
Debt Didn’t Disappear During The Pandemic. Meet A Man Whose Job Was To Collect It.
An American debt collection agency paid agents in Tijuana $150 a week to collect from delinquent borrowers in the US. We spoke to a person who did that job during the pandemic.
Venessa Wong
The World Has Changed, But The Hospitality Industry Hasn’t. That’s Bad For Workers.
Tenuous employment. Dangerous working conditions. The pandemic has exposed fundamental flaws with how the hospitality industry operates.
Clarissa-Jan Lim
“Rich People Gonna Rich People”: People Say Their Wealthy Friends Disappointed Them During The Pandemic
“It makes you realize how little people actually care,” one person said about seeing her wealthy and carefree friends jet-setting around a world trying to get through a pandemic.
Amber Jamieson
Here’s How People Tried To Buy Happiness During The Pandemic
“While money can’t buy true and lasting happiness, it most certainly can still create moments of joy and it can ease a lot of suffering.”
Julia Reinstein
Student Loan Relief Has Changed The Lives Of Millions Of Americans. It Ends In September.
Temporary relief from federal student loan payments has allowed some people who lost wages to save for a home, start a family, pay off other debts, and, generally speaking, survive. That could all end after September.
Pia Peterson
Meet The Small Business Owners And Workers Who Actually Had A Profitable Pandemic
Veterinary practices, florists, liquor stores, and yurts all turned out to be pretty good small businesses to be in when COVID transformed society.
David Mack
