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A Hollywood job fades to black: Film projectionist

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Lee Sanders
Feb 4, 2013
As movies go digital, a film projectionist talks about how it feels to be one of the last of his kind.
Posted In: film, movie, Jobs
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Reporting from Miami: An economic roundtable with Jeremy Hobson

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Jeremy Hobson
Jan 24, 2013
Reporting from WLRN's studio in Miami, Marketplace host Jeremy Hobson holds a roundtable discussion about the economic issues affecting Miami.
Posted In: Economy
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Governor Jerry Brown on balancing California's budget

Interview by
Jeremy Hobson
Jan 16, 2013
The governor of California discusses state budgets and California's fiscal prospects heading into 2013.
Posted In: Jerry Brown, california, budget cuts, deficits, state budgets
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Forget the trillion dollar coin: Try the IOU

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
Jan 10, 2013
USC professor Edward Kleinbard suggests IOUs are the best way to fix the debt ceiling.
Posted In: iou, debt ceiling
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I do? Tallying up the marriage penalty in the new fiscal deal

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Krissy Clark
Jan 8, 2013
The fiscal cliff deal raises taxes on individuals making at least $400,000 and couples making at least $450,000. Of course, 400 plus 400 does not equal 450. So what's going on?
Posted In: Taxes, fiscal cliff, marriage penalty
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What's holding up a House vote on the fiscal cliff deal?

Interview with
Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 1, 2013
After a day of wrangling, the House voted to approve a fiscal cliff deal late Tuesday night. What was the reason behind all the gridlock?
Posted In: fiscal cliff
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Sen. Baucus says 'no choice' but to avoid the fiscal cliff

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
Dec 6, 2012
Sen. Max Baucus chairs the Senate Finance Committee, and he says Congress will come to some kind of deal on the fiscal cliff -- though more negotiations could happen after the end of the year.
Posted In: Max Baucus, fiscal cliff
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Nobel Prize in Economics: A history of winners

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Nancy Farghalli and Matt Berger
Oct 15, 2012
It's best known as the Nobel Prize for Economics, but the official name of the award handed out today for the 44th time is The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. A list of past winners.
Posted In: Economics, Nobel Prize
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Crime vexes bankrupt San Bernardino

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David Weinberg
Oct 4, 2012
San Bernardino is struggling to find its way out of the recession and out of bankruptcy. Crime is one of the biggest problems the city is facing, and there are many competing solutions.
Posted In: San Bernardino, california, Inland Empire, bankruptcy
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The economic effects of quantitative easing

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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 11, 2012
Marketplace's Paddy Hirsch explains what QE3 is supposed to do for the economy.
Posted In: QE3, quantitative easing, Federal Reserve

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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

There is something fundamentally wrong with predatory lending businesses, whether they are pay day loans or installment contracts. The business...

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