10/29/09
Marketplace for Thursday, October 29, 2009
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Marketplace for Thursday, October 29, 2009
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Is there energy to slow climate change?
If global warming's worst effects are to be averted, new energy sources must be developed on a massive scale. But there will be winners and losers in that process. Sarah Gardner and Sam Eaton take us to two locales with stakes in America's energy future.
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An economist roundtable on the GDP
Kai Ryssdal talks to economists David Wyss, Ken Goldstein, Tim Quinlan and Margaret Simms to get a deeper understanding of today's report on the Gross Domestic Product.
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There's old in the new anti-bailout plan
The Fed, FDIC and Treasury insist taxpayers will no longer be rescuing failing financial firms. But will a new proposal to give the government more power to take over and dismantle firms really end bailouts? Commentator Skeel says not likely.
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A formulaic approach to GDP
That may seem like a head-scratcher, but this formula for Gross Domestic Product is actually pretty simple. Bob Moon explains.
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Geithner grilled over regulatory plan
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was on the hot seat on Capitol Hill today over a plan to give regulators new powers to take over large financial institutions that run into trouble. John Dimsdale reports.
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House unveils health care overhaul
The House unveiled its version of the health care overhaul. The plan would ban insurance companies from denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions, expand coverage and include a public option. Steve Henn reports.
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