Host Tess Vigeland and MSN's Liz Pulliam Weston answer listener questions on: Is there such a thing as 'good debt', is it better to pay off a mortgage or reserve some cash to build up your savings and is it wise to pay off debt using a home equity line of credit?
Host Tess Vigeland reads some of your thoughts on the lawsuit against the 99 Cent Only store, the recently created Office of Financial Literacy, and our recent story on mortgage modifications.
The estate tax lapsed last year and if Congress does not vote to reinstate it, estates larger than one million dollars will be taxed upon death as of Jan. 1. Laura Sanders of the Wall Street Journal joins Tess Vigeland to discuss further.
The food truck fad is sweeping the nation. View photos of some LA food trucks and add to our collection by submitting photos of your favorite neighborhood food truck.
Marketplace's Brendan Newnam and Rico Gagliano chat with fellow staffers Eve Troeh, Millie Jefferson and Ethan Lindsey about shoe factory tours, Thomas's English Muffins secret recipe and the new DMV
Kai Ryssdal talks about the week's top business headlines with Megan McArdle from the Atlantic and John Carney from CNBC about the second quarter GDP growth
Economic growth is often coupled with an increase in pollution. But those two factors may not be mutually inclusive, at least not the way they once were.
Kai Ryssdal talks to Jess Sheidlower, editor at large of the Oxford English Dictionary, about profanity in the workplace. It's unpleasant, but why do many workers still swear?
The Rwandan genocide left behind devastation and a dominantly female population. But the country is making strides economically and politically. All due, in part, to one particular part of the population: Women.
