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Robots Ate My Road Trip: Day 6

Saturday, March 31, 2012
End in sight.
Posted In: road trip, david brancaccio, computers, robots
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Robots across America

Friday, March 30, 2012
Marketplace's David Brancaccio and his robot dog Wilson drive coast to coast without as much as a "hello" to fellow humans.
Posted In: Robots Ate My Job, robots, automation, gps, david brancaccio, road trip
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Robots Ate My Road Trip--Day 5

Thursday, March 29, 2012
David Brancaccio continues his journey across the United States only interacting with machines--at least today some of them were pretty fun.
Posted In: Robots Ate My Job, roadtrip, david brancaccio

Business reporting for the 99%

Monday, January 30, 2012
David Brancaccio on the past and future of business journalism. Watch the live video stream Monday night from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.
Posted In: david brancaccio, 99%, business reporting, Wal-Mart, ASU
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Who You Gonna Call? Growthbusters!

Thursday, November 10, 2011
How many times have you heard that the only way we can simultaneously reduce unemployment and pay down debt is to "grow our way out"? One gets th...
Posted In: alternative indicators, Dave Gardener, david brancaccio, economy 4.0, Growthbusters, new numbers

Do Tax Deductions Impact Charitable Giving?

Wednesday, November 9, 2011
There's talk of reducing the tax incentive for giving to charity for the wealthiest taxpayers. Why now? And what impact would that have on...
Posted In: Charitable giving, david brancaccio, economy 4.0

"I Have Found a Flaw..."

Tuesday, November 8, 2011
These few words, a shocking admission at the time, were uttered by former chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, back in October 2008. ...
Posted In: Alan Greenspan, david brancaccio, David Sington, economy 4.0, global financial crisis, recession, The Flaw

What's Behind the New Measure of Poverty?

Monday, October 31, 2011
There's a certain necessary arbitrariness in a lot of economic measurements. Somebody's got to decide how much inflation is good and how much is...
Posted In: david brancaccio, economy 4.0, poverty

Is the Market Terrified of Democracy?

Tuesday, November 1, 2011
If you want the economy to work better for more people, as the Economy 4.0 tagline goes, you might think putting economic policy to a vote is a...
Posted In: david brancaccio, economy 4.0, George Papandreou, Greece

The Problems with the Volcker Rule

Friday, October 21, 2011
In Washington, a piece of the financial reform law that was passed last year is having a tough time getting implemented. It's called the Volcker...
Posted In: Andrew Sheng, david brancaccio, economy 4.0, Paul Volcker, Satyajit Das, Volcker Rule

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