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What it's like to work remotely from all over the world

By Lizzie O'Leary and Eliza Mills

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We Roam facilitates trips around the world for professionals working remotely. — Courtesy We Roam

The remote work travel industry is growing.

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Are shorts now office-appropriate? Let's ask a manager.

By Lizzie O'Leary

July 14, 2017

Shorts and flip flops at the same time, but not in an office. — Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Alison Green weighs in on flip-flops, office culture and ... biting?

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23: The Righteous Mind

By Molly Wood and Kai Ryssdal

July 11, 2017

It's the first-ever Make Me Smart Book Club!

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This is what the unemployed look like

By Lizzie O'Leary and Carrie Barber

July 14, 2017

Illustration courtesy of the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program.

A disproportionate number of out-of-work adults have little education, a Brookings Institution study finds.

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A shouting human can sometimes be more effective than a computer

By Amy Scott

July 13, 2017

A trader in the crude oil options pit yells out during trading at the New York Mercantile Exchange. — TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images

The Box Options Exchange wants to bring back the open-outcry floor.

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