11/14/11
Marketplace for Monday, November 14, 2011
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On today's show, we kicked off a year-long series looking at how to feed the nine billion people estimated to be living in the world by 2045. Italy's preparing to adjust to a new prime minister. Insurance companies in the U.S. are making changes in advance to the health care reform. And we heard from a 1 percenter who's siding with the 99 percent.
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The scientific challenge
It's not one breakthrough that will feed the expected 9 billion people in 2045, but rather making good on what science has already delivered.
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An Italian family braces for austerity measures
As a new prime minister takes office, promising to cut spending and introduce a new era of austerity, many Italians fear the scale of the cuts ahead.
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Gilmore: If the 1% had less, would the 99% be better off?
Join us for a week long commentary series asking that question. We'll hear from economists, academics, and the public.
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What's your tourism slogan for the U.S.?
A new marketing campaign calls America "The United States of Awesome Possibilities." Can you do better?
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The Supreme Court takes up health care reform
It will decide whether it's legal to force people to buy health insurance. Big and small businesses hang in the balance.
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Not so super committee
A little more than a week before the pre-Thanksgiving deadline for the Congressional super committee to come up with a deficit-cutting deal, and there's still no agreement in sight. Can they really deliver? Or is the super committee a wimpy waste of time?
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