08/17/12
Marketplace for Friday, August 17, 2012
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Police in South Africa fired on striking miners yesterday and more than 30 people were killed. We look at how the incident could affect the mining industry. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have new bailout repayment terms which could make the government delay some tough decisions. Online auction site eBay is putting a ban on all supernatural products. Kai Ryssdal talks to Jess Walter about his new book "Beautiful Ruins," on 1960s Hollywood and the American Dream. And Sylvester Monroe looks at the difficulties with economic mobility where Chicago's housing projects used to be.
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Demand for metals may be root of South African workers' unrest
More than 30 people were killed after police in South Africa fired on striking miners. How might the incident impact the nation's mining economy?
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Economic mobility in Chicago's projects
Marketplace's Sylvester Monroe visits his childhood home -- a demolished public housing project in Chicago -- to see who made it out and who's moving up the economic ladder.
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Mortgage giants face new carrot -- and stick
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac get some slack on repaying government bailout funds. But they’ll have to shrink their businesses faster than planned.
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Weekly Wrap: The sluggish U.S. economy
Reviewing the week's headlines on Wall Street and beyond. This week: On the latest consumer sentiment survey and what's going in Europe.
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Exploring the 'Beautiful Ruins' of the American Dream
In his new book, novelist Jess Walter crosses the globe and four decades, digging into the American Dream and what it means to succeed -- and fail -- in love and work.
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eBay puts a hex on supernatural sales
Spells, curses, potions and psychics are being dropped by the online auction site.
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Small talk: Printing a house, music to wake up the Mars rover
The news that didn't quite make the headlines. This week: The Californians Help Eliminate All The Evasive Registration Scofflaws program, the morning playlist of the Mars rover Curiosity, and a printer that can make a house.
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