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From the Road: Euro Angst

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David Brancaccio
Jan 12, 2011
Is Europe on the verge of throwing out it its single currency? You hear whispers of that, in the face of strains on the continent's monetary uni...
Posted In: currency, david brancaccio, economy 4.0, euro, Germany, picture this
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Happiness Economics & 'The Economics of Happiness'

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Amanda Aronczyk
Jan 11, 2011
Helena Norberg-Hodge would like to reclaim the word "happiness."...
Posted In: economics of happiness, economy 4.0, film
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Sometimes 'payday' rhymes with 'mayday'

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David Brancaccio
Jan 5, 2011
Mayday, as in the international distress signal. It is from the French "M'Aider!" or "Help Me!" Payday, as in so-called payday loans, where a lo...
Posted In: david brancaccio, economy 4.0, payday loans
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Cruising the same wavelength with Darrell Issa and The Heritage Foundation

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David Brancaccio
Jan 5, 2011
It is part of the Economy 4.0 beat to keep an eye on new rules of the road for the economy. And so it was with interest I noted pieces in Politic...
Posted In: darrell issa, david brancaccio, economy 4.0, heritage foundation
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With down economy, demand for truckers goes up

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David Brancaccio
Dec 30, 2010
Is it a good time to embark on a career as a truck driver? Apparently so. David Brancaccio reports from Cuba, Mo., on another alternative indicator.
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Building success the old-fashioned way

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Dec 29, 2010
It's hard to think you can do business without e-mail or hedge funds, but Economy 4.0's David Brancaccio found a businessman who is doing just that -- and his business is growing.
Posted In: Small Business
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Thriving Without Innovation

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David Brancaccio
Dec 29, 2010
Watch & listen to a slideshow about the "birth of a barrel" at McGinnis Wood Products in Cuba, Missouri....
Posted In: david brancaccio, economy 4.0, mcginnis wood products, missouri, slideshow
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Help Wanted: Truckers

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Dash Wasserman
Dec 29, 2010
While we're inching out of a major economic downturn, some are asking, "Is now a good time to embark on a career as a truck driver?" Apparently so....
Posted In: economy 4.0
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Return to Cuba High

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David Brancaccio
Dec 20, 2010
Ten years ago, I spent a week in Cuba, Missouri, looking at the impact of globalization on this small town in the 'middle' of America. I visited...
Posted In: cuba high school, economy 4.0, missouri
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Middle America, 10 years later

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Dec 17, 2010
Ten years ago, David Brancaccio visited a small town in Missouri named Cuba, then considered by one census to be the statistical "middle America." As part of his series Economy 4.0, Brancaccio took a visit back recently to check on how things have changed.

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