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Nobel Prize in Economics: A history of winners

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Nancy Farghalli and Matt Berger

Oct 15, 2012

It's best known as the Nobel Prize for Economics, but the official name of the award handed out today for the 44th time is The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. A list of past winners.

Posted In: Economics, Nobel Prize

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December ends 2011 employment story on good note

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Jill Schlesinger

Jan 6, 2012

The December jobs report showed that 200,000 new jobs were created in the month, and the unemployment rate dropped to 8.5, the lowest rate since February 2009.

Posted In: Unemployment, Jobs

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Shutdown averted, Congress weighs stimulus

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Jill Schlesinger

Dec 16, 2011

Now that Congress has averted a government shutdown, it takes up the extension of the payroll tax cut and long-term unemployment benefits

Posted In: politics, Washington D.C., government spending, federal budget

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EU RIP? Europe deal fractures union

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Jill Schlesinger

Dec 9, 2011

A new fiscal pact leaves the U.K. and three other nations out in the cold, as European leaders scramble to convince investors that they have diffused the debt bomb at the European summit in Brussels

Posted In: Europe debt crisis

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Working moms don't always have it easy

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Nov 10, 2011

Checking the Marketplace's Daily Pulse, our offbeat take on the health of the U.S. economy. There's word today that just over half of working mo...

Posted In: Jobs, Marketplace Daily Pulse, maternity leave, working moms

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Euro crisis: A view from London to Los Angeles

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Nov 2, 2011

The programme I present, Business Daily, is broadcast on the BBC's World Service and has a world agenda. But recently we've spent a lot of time...

Posted In: Eurozone, Reporter's Notebook

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A day in the life at Marketplace

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Nov 1, 2011

Ever wonder what it takes to put together a day's worth of programming at Marketplace? Check out this behind-the-scenes video that captures "A da...

Posted In: behind-the-scenes, Reporter's Notebook, video

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Europe Nears Crisis: Weekend at Bernie's Redux

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Jill Schlesinger

Oct 21, 2011

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have moved the goal post, again. Although they previously promised that Sund...

Posted In: Analysis, Europe debt crisis, jill schlesinger

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Jill Schlesinger: Retail therapy? Americans spend more but feel worse

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Jill Schlesinger

Oct 14, 2011

My first boss once said to me: "Watch what they do and ignore what they say." He was referring to consumers, who despite telling pollsters that t...

Posted In: jill schlesinger, Occupy Wall Street, Retail, The Breakdown: Economy

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Get on the bus with Kai Ryssdal

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Oct 10, 2011

The Breakdown: What's working in the job market from Marketplace on Vimeo. Last week Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal and a small team rode the bus ...

Posted In: The Breakdown: Economy

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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

Journalism: Practiced. Excellent interview. Thank you.

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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

Donald Rumsfeld's interview on Marketplace today was absolutely unbelievable. Really. Is one of his rules not to believe your own spin? I...

jgrothues | May 16, 2013

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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

Ryssdal's interview with Rumsfeld was breathtakingly inappropriate. "Marketplace?" If Ryssdal wants to promote his obvious biases...

rcd43 | May 16, 2013

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How World Finance makes a killing lending on the installment (loan) plan

There is something fundamentally wrong with predatory lending businesses, whether they are pay day loans or installment contracts. The business...

entropyman | May 15, 2013