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A little optimism on the economic road
Friday, April 17, 2009
Marketplace's Tess Vigeland and Amy Scott have been revisiting many of the places they hit last fall to see how people are coping with the downturn. They speak to Kai Ryssdal about whether people, like an Ohio car salesman, are now feeling more optimistic or worse about the economy.
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Are college students credit-conscious?
Friday, April 17, 2009
College is the place most people first experience using credit. As part of the series Road To Ruin, Tess Vigeland asks students at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. about their credit knowledge.
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Nothing too hairy in barbershop's view
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Marketplace's Tess Vigeland revisits a barbershop in Jefferson City, Mo., where six months ago the owner and his customers were taking market woes in stride. Not much has changed, except they really don't like those bailouts.
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The unfulfilled promise of Youngstown
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Six months ago people in Youngstown, Ohio, were abuzz about the Chevy Cruze being built in a nearby plant. Marketplace's Amy Scott checks in to see how residents are coping now that GM is near bankruptcy and the unemployment rate is nearing 14%.
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Charlotte retirees hold on to optimism
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Marketplace's Amy Scott revisits members of a coffee klatch she met six months ago in Charlotte, N.C. Some of the folks have avoided investment losses while others have seen their portfolios hit hard. All hope to see the markets recover.
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Lincoln family dodges economic bullet
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Marketplace's Tess Vigeland checks in with the Landis-McKibben family, six months after she first visited them at their Nebraska home. They feel lucky to have kept their jobs, but the parents may have to delay retirement.
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Charlotte investors reflect on the Dow
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Amy Scott revisited a Panera Bread in Charlotte, N.C., where she spoke with senior investors six months ago about their response to the dropping Dow. She garners reactions in this installment of the "Road to Ruin?"
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On the road again with Tess and Amy
Monday, April 13, 2009
Marketplace's Tess Vigeland and Amy Scott are back traveling the country, seeing how people they met six months ago are holding up in this recession. They talk with Kai Ryssdal from Salt Lake City and Charlotte, N.C.
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Last stops on the 'Road to Ruin?'
Friday, October 10, 2008
Tess Vigeland and Amy Scott hook up with Kai Ryssdal in St. Louis, at the end of their road trips through the Main Streets of America. So, has Wall Street put the country on the Road to Ruin?
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I made it too!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
I guess I lose the race. You beat me here, Tess, and I only drove 1640 miles. That feels like plenty!...
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Why Main Street hates Wall Street
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
A majority in the House voted against the financial rescue bill, in part, because they were swamped with calls from angry constituents. Kai Ryssdal asks behavioral economist Dan Ariely why Americans want revenge.
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Recession is nothing new for Michigan
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Signs of recession are everywhere in Michigan, which has been dealing with the auto industry's decline for years. New York Bureau Chief Amy Scott visited the Detroit area for our "Road to Ruin?" series and tells Kai Ryssdal what she saw.
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Why Main Street hates Wall Street
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
A majority in the House voted against the financial rescue bill, in part, because they were swamped with calls from angry constituents. Kai Ryssdal asks behavioral economist Dan Ariely why Americans want revenge.
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A road trip to see how America is doing
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Marketplace Money host Tess Vigeland and New York City Bureau Chief Amy Scott are crossing the country to see how Americans are doing. They get our "Road to Ruin?" series rolling by talking to Kai Ryssdal from San Francisco and Charlotte, N.C.
Marketplace goes on the road to talk to Americans about the economic challenges they're facing amid the nation's economic crisis.
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