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Should government help support homeownership with subsidies?

Aug 6, 2010
Tess Vigeland speaks to economist Dean Baker and former secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros about government subsidies for homeownership.
Posted In: Housing
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Sell the right to immigrate to the highest bidder?

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Steve Evans
Aug 5, 2010
An American Nobel Laureate is proposing a radical solution in the U.S. immigration debate: auctioning off the right to a green card.
Posted In: Immigration
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Arizona businesses losing customers

Jul 2, 2010
Small business owners across Arizona are paying a price for the state's new immigration law. Businesses that have catered to Hispanic customers have been hit hardest. Jeff Tyler reports.
Posted In: Immigration
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Congress needs to take bailout back

Nov 19, 2008
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has switched the bailout plan from buying troubled mortgage securities to buying preferred shares in healthy banks. Commentator Robert Reich says it's time to stop the handout.
Posted In: Economy, Wall Street
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Bush making sure his new rules stick

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Steve Henn
Nov 17, 2008
President Bush is spending his final days pushing through resolutions on everything from endangered species to the Family Medical Leave Act. Steve Henn reports.
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Alan Greenspan's 'shocked disbelief'

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Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Oct 23, 2008
Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress he's "shocked" at the financial meltdown. He did concede his belief in deregulation was flawed, but Nancy Marshall Genzer asks, did Greenspan really not see this coming?
Posted In: Economy, Wall Street
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GOP needs to get real on immigration

Sep 3, 2008
While the GOP convention is on, we've asked some Republican thinkers to tell us where they think the party can do better. Commentator David Frum says it ought to start with immigration.
Posted In: Immigration
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Politics protect baby boomers in budget fight

Interview with
Chris Farrell
Mar 14, 2013
Differences aside, there is one thing Republicans and Democrats have in common when it comes to their budget proposals: They are both are friendly to baby boomers.
Posted In: baby boomers, federal budget, Republicans, Democrats
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Everyone pays the high cost of diabetes

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Jeff Tyler
Mar 7, 2013
New research says diabetes cost the nation a record $245 billion in 2012, up more than 40 percent in the past five years.
Posted In: diabetes, American Diabetes Association, obesity, disease
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Job prospects simulator: Play along!

Mar 4, 2013
More than half of employers say they have trouble finding qualified candidates for job openings, according to a survey commissioned by Marketplace and the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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