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How should whistleblowers be protected?

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Dec 17, 2010
The Securities and Exchange Commission will be developing the details on how to deal with whistleblowers, as required by the financial reform law. Economy 4.0's David Brancaccio looks at both sides of the issue.
Posted In: Crime, Wall Street
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Tell the SEC What to Do With Whistleblowers

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Stan Alcorn
Dec 17, 2010
Do you have strong feelings about how the Security and Exchange Commission defines "Major Security-Based Swap Participant"?...
Posted In: david brancaccio, economy 4.0, SEC
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Finding Middle Ground: A Trip Down Memory Lane

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Dash Wasserman
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."...
Posted In: economy 4.0
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Where is "middle America"?

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Dec 16, 2010
Ten years ago, Cuba, Mo., was considered "middle America" according to U.S. census data. Economy 4.0's David Brancaccio revisits the city today to see if it still fits the type.
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In Search of Middle America

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Stan Alcorn
Dec 15, 2010
America is about to get a new middle. Statistically speaking, that is. Among the many wonders of the 2010 Census are calculations of the "mean c...
Posted In: cuba high school, david brancaccio, economy 4.0, missouri
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The State of Cuba

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David Brancaccio
Dec 9, 2010
Not that Cuba. The Cuba a couple of hours west of St. Louis on old Route 66. I visited there on a Marketplace assignment precisely ten years ago....
Posted In: cuba, david brancaccio, economy 4.0, missouri
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Alternative Indicator: Green GDP

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Emilie Mutert
Dec 3, 2010
The Green Gross Domestic Product is an economic growth index that quantifies and calculates the environmental consequences of that growth....
Posted In: alternative indicator, China, GDP, green gross domestic product, new numbers
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Wide gaps in well-being across the U.S.

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Nov 24, 2010
Economy 4.0's David Brancaccio takes a drive across Virginia and sees both examples of some of the state's best and worst towns.
Posted In: Education, Jobs
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Walk a Mile to Live Two Extra Years

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David Brancaccio
Nov 24, 2010
I discovered a statistical oddity playing around with a set of interactive maps about well-being in America. Click the map and you can get a hand...
Posted In: david brancaccio, economy 4.0, human development project, well being
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The Post-Thanksgiving Rush

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David Brancaccio
Nov 24, 2010
You are thinking door-buster sales on Thanksgiving Friday. Perhaps you are following predictions about same-store sales. In parts of our nation's...
Posted In: david brancaccio, economy 4.0, picture this, Thanksgiving

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