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The high cost of the other American Dream, education
Apr 13, 2012
Commentator Leah Ingram is facing six years of paying college tuition for her two daughters. She has a suggestion to the government to help middle-class parents like herself.
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How to save for the year of weddings
Apr 6, 2012
Going to a wedding can be fun but going to multiple weddings in one year can get expensive. Marketplace Public Insight producer Angela Kim has been to her share of weddings and discusses her experience.
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'Taxes are a fraud!'
Apr 5, 2012
Commentator P. J. O'Rourke says the sheer complexity of the tax code makes it one giant con.
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Is it time to break up the banks?
Apr 4, 2012
Commentator Robert Reich says the continued specter of 'too big to fail' compels nothing less.
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I 'heart' taxes
Apr 2, 2012
Commentator Melissa Chadburn says paying your taxes shows you value your community.
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Why self-checkout lanes don't work
Mar 30, 2012
Commentator Frances Frei says automation needs to improve the customer experience, not frustrate it.
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'Boomerang Generation' hurts the economy
Mar 28, 2012
Commentator Todd Buchholz says young adults who return home to live with their parents are sapping the economy of needed vitality.
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A 'Health Care Song'
Mar 28, 2012
What are the most important election issues you're thinking about this year? Singer-songwriter Brad Hoshaw gives his answers in verse.
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Can ignoring medical advice hurt your wallet?
Mar 23, 2012
Doctor and commentator John Schumann says it's a medical urban legend.
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Obama's 'all of the above' plan means nothing
Mar 22, 2012
President Obama's new energy policy is really no policy at all, say commentator Bill McKibben.
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