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The price of free

Jan 4, 2010
Everybody likes a good discount, but people respond differently when items are free. Behavioral economist Dan Ariely talks with Kai Ryssdal about why we show restraint for things that don't cost us anything.
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Dairy farmers find more green in grass

Oct 14, 2009
Some New Zealand immigrants in Missouri are working to persuade American dairy farmers that changing the way they feed their cows could save money in the long run. Maureen McCollum reports.
Posted In: Agriculture
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Why health care reform is dying

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Scott Jagow
Aug 17, 2009
A few weeks ago, I suggested we might need to have an obituary ready just in case. Well, it isn't looking good....
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'Buy American' will lose U.S. more jobs

Jun 8, 2009
Commentator Mark Perry says the 'Buy American' clause in the stimulus package makes little sense economically, and might destroy more U.S. jobs than it will save.
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A shadow lurks in the housing market

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Scott Jagow
Apr 8, 2009
This is scary. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that lenders are sitting on hundreds of thousands of foreclosed homes that haven't even been...
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AIG exec resigns with a bang

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Scott Jagow
Mar 25, 2009
If you'd like to "meet" one of the AIG executives caught up in the bonus firestorm, you should read this resignation letter obtained by the New...
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Name this recession

Mar 19, 2009
One day, hopefully sooner rather than later, we'll look back at this time in history of economic troubles and call it... something. Commentator Justin Wolfers offers a few suggestions.
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Untangling credit default swaps

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Richard Core
Oct 8, 2008
Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch is back with the second of his Crisis Explainer videos. This time he goes to the whiteboard to make the...
Posted In: american public media, credit default swaps, marketplace, paddy hirsch, whiteboard
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A mortgage modification mess

Jan 28, 2011
Neil Barofsky, special inspector general for TARP, said the government's mortgage modification program has been "abysmal." Karin Andreen has been through the modification process and talks with Tess Vigeland about her horror story.
Posted In: Housing
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Salam: No taxes for Americans abroad

Sep 13, 2010
Commentator Reihan Salam thinks that the U.S. government needs to stop taxing Americans working abroad as a way to encourage entrepreneurs domestically and abroad to exchange information and ideas about new markets.
Posted In: Entrepreneurship

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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

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