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What I'm Doing: Ben Valore-Caplan

Jan 2, 2009
In the latest of our "Here's What I'm Doing" series, we hear from Ben Valore-Caplan, managing partner of an investment firm, who had a feeling that it was time to strike out on his own.

Here's what I'm doing: John Laine

Dec 6, 2008
Marketplace presents "Here's What I'm Doing," a series asking people from all walks of life how they're coping with the financial crisis. In this edition, investor and real estate developer John Laine.

What I'm Doing: Economist Ryan Brecht

Nov 24, 2008
Ryan Brecht, an economist who forecasts economic data for the U.S., tells how he's looking past the numbers and thinking about the people hurt by lost jobs and higher prices.

Here's what I'm doing: Julie Willnerd

Nov 21, 2008
Marketplace presents "Here's What I'm Doing," a series asking people from all walks of life how they're coping with the financial crisis. In this edition, Julie Willnerd.

Here's what I'm doing: Staying spirited

Nov 14, 2008
Dan Yates runs a tour boat company in Portland, Oregon, and he's trying to keep the spirit alive in a down economy. In our latest "Here's what I'm doing," he tells us he doesn't believe in cutting back on the party.

What I'm doing: John Serrantino

Nov 10, 2008
Marketplace presents "Here's What I'm Doing," a series asking people from all walks of life how they're coping with the financial crisis. John Serrantino owns a pizza place in New York's financial district.

Here's what I'm doing: Chris Gardner

Nov 7, 2008
Marketplace presents "Here's What I'm Doing," a series asking people from all walks of life how they're coping with the financial crisis. In this edition, Chris Gardner.

For public good, not for profit.

Financial wisdom of a Biblical kind

Nov 4, 2008
Our "What I'm Doing" series turns to Don Vandoski, a lay leader at a church in Indiana, who says faith and scripture inform his decisions during these difficult times. He's started a ministry called "Financial Peace."

What I'm doing: Nicholas Gaffney

Oct 31, 2008
Marketplace presents "Here's What I'm Doing," a series asking people from all walks of life how they're coping with the financial crisis. In this edition, listener Nicholas Gaffney explains how he's learning to look away from the bad numbers.

Here's what I'm doing: Simon Johnson

Oct 27, 2008
As a professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management and a former Director of the Research at IMF, Simon Johnson has this financial crisis on his mind every day. In fact, he says, he's losing sleep over it.