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Aug 11, 2021

Pandemic-induced surpluses boost school-supply drives

Also on today’s show: digging into July’s inflation numbers, a look at British higher education post-Brexit and how one travel agent is juggling changing COVID restrictions for clients.

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Nurses and healthcare workers with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 121RN distribute backpacks to children during a back to school event offering school supplies, Covid-19 vaccinations, face masks, and other resources for children and their families at the Weingart East Los Angeles YMCA in Los Angeles, California on August 7, 2021.
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Segments From This Episode

July consumer price index shows signs of easing inflation
by Mitchell Hartman
Justin Sullivan via Getty Images
But inflation eased on a month-to-month basis. Many economists expect price gains to moderate as the pandemic recovery progresses.
How the infrastructure bill aims to tackle climate change
by Andy Uhler
Dan Kitwood via Getty Images
Among other ways, it would upgrade the power grid and support electric cars and public transit.
EU student exodus may not hurt British universities after all
Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images
Fewer EU students in the U.K. may bring some financial benefits to British universities but it raises some political concerns, too.
Retailers’ excess inventory fuels record donations to back-to-school events
by Kimberly Adams
Kimberly Adams/Marketplace
Businesses are giving away clothes and school supplies they may not have sold when the pandemic shut them down last year.
The dates on food labels may not mean what you think they mean
by Reema Khrais and Sean McHenry
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
Vox writer Alissa Wilkinson explains the history behind food label dates, and how the “expiration date” concept is a costly misunderstanding.
How a travel agency is bouncing back from a devastating year
by Minju Park
Courtesy Sarah Fazendin
Denver travel agent Sarah Fazendin says clients are spending more on extras than they would have before the pandemic.