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Jun 20, 2009
Cheese and the CFPA
The new Consumer Financial Protection Agency might not seem to have a lot in common with cheddar and brie, but Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch sees a connection.
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Jun 20, 2009
New agency to protect consumer rights
President Obama is establishing the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, a watchdog group intended to keep an eye on deceptive financial practices. Tess Vigeland talks to Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren about her role in the agency's creation.
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Jun 19, 2009
Greece to Britain: We want our marbles!
The New Acropolis Museum is opening in Athens, Greece. But the marble structures it wants to showcase are stuck in England. Christopher Werth reports on the controversy over the so-called "Elgin Marbles."
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Jun 19, 2009
Small talk: Roads, soup, Christmas
Marketplace's Brendan Newnam and Rico Gagliano talk with fellow staffers Amy Scott, Bill Radke and Stacey Vanek-Smith about their favorite under-the-radar business stories this week: Gravel roads, soup for a penny, and Boston selling its Christmas village.
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Jun 19, 2009
Weekly Wrap: Regulation
Freelance financial writer Heidi Moore and The Atlantic's Megan McCardle talk with Kai Ryssdal about the Obama administration's proposed regulations and whether they will be enough to fix the financial system.
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Jun 19, 2009
When to start economic ‘exit strategy’
The term 'exit strategy' is being bandied about as more forecasters contemplate a better economy. But when that exit should happen is the critical question. John Dimsdale reports.
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Jun 19, 2009
Two sides of the budget deficit debate
In a recession this deep, how much should we be worrying about the budget deficit right now? Commentators Will Wilkinson and Matt Yglesias have different takes on the issue.
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Jun 19, 2009
Politics will undermine regulation plan
Analysts and lawmakers are questioning the Obama administration's plan for re-regulating the financial sector. Commentator Thomas Frank says the plan fails to address the largest problem of all — politics.
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Jun 19, 2009
Stimulus funds help, but aren’t perfect
Dustin Woodman, manager of the Coconino Rural Environment Corps, talks with Kai Ryssdal about what the organization is doing with the $500,000 in stimulus funds it received from the federal government.
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Jun 19, 2009
How agency will protect consumers
Reporter Jeremy Hobson talks with Kai Ryssdal about the Obama administration's proposal to create a new agency to protect consumers, and how it will work.
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