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The naked paycheck

by
David Brancaccio
Aug 24, 2012
A group of friends break the pay taboo and bare their salaries.
Posted In: salary, income
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Economic mobility in Chicago's projects

by
Sylvester Monroe
Aug 17, 2012
Marketplace's Sylvester Monroe visits his childhood home -- a demolished public housing project in Chicago -- to see who made it out and who's moving up the economic ladder.
Posted In: Chicago, poverty, public housing, Segregation, economic mobility
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This election? James Carville says it's all about the middle class

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
Jul 12, 2012
Liberal pundit James Carville explains why class matters in this year's presidential election in his new book, ''It's the Middle Class, Stupid!''
Posted In: james carville, middle class, 2012 election, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Democrats, Republicans
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Introducing the Marketplace Wealth and Poverty Desk

by
Celeste Wesson
Feb 27, 2012
Learn more about our new beat exploring wealth, poverty, money and class
Posted In: Editor's Note
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Reporter's notebook: Clearing up the $600,000 average white wealth

by
Noel King
May 3, 2013
You asked us about numbers in a story about black wealth. Here's the outcome.
Posted In: wealth gap
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Flying with a net, literal and figurative

by
Krissy Clark
Mar 26, 2013
Our reporter learns to fly on a trapeze -- and gets a crash course in safety nets, both real and metaphoric.
Posted In: safety net
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How Boise beat the national unemployment rate

by
Mitchell Hartman
Feb 1, 2013
Boise, Idaho, has a diverse economy -- potatoes, chips (the high-tech kind) and wine.
Posted In: Unemployment, Boise, idaho
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Michigan governor signs right-to-work legislation

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Krissy Clark
Dec 11, 2012
Thousands of union members protest before Michigan becomes the 24th right-to-work state.
Posted In: right to work, Michigan, Rick Snyder, union
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What $5 more an hour could buy a low-wage worker

by
Krissy Clark
Dec 11, 2012
Fast food employees picketed in New York for a raise to $15 an hour. What difference would that make?
Posted In: low-wage work, service workers, union, living wage
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Looking behind the statistics of child poverty

by
Dustin Dwyer
Aug 7, 2012
A new review from the Annie E. Casey Foundation says the number of children living in homes where neither parent has full-time year-round work has jumped sharply after the recession.
Posted In: poverty

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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...

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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...

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

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