Marketplace for Thursday, October 8, 2009

Segments From This Episode

• Med students weigh in on health reform

  by Joel Rose

  The final health care reform bill will have a big impact on the doctors of tomorrow. What does the next generation of medical practitioners think about the proposed new rules? Joel Rose reports in the next installment of our series, "The Cure."

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• Urban farming takes root in Detroit

  by Marketplace Staff

  A collaborative movement between a Michigan farmer and a Detroit environmentalist is taking gardening to another level in the Motor City. Phillip Martin reports.

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• Who should Tim Geithner be talking to?

  by Kai Ryssdal

  Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has logged in a lot of phone time with executives from big Wall Street banks. Who else could he be calling? Kai Ryssdal gets some insight from Anil Kashyap at the University of Chicago.

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• Investors tapped as rating agencies

  by Jill Barshay

  Insurance regulators are looking to some of the nation's most sophisticated bond investors to act as rating agencies. Some experts think they'd probably do a better job. Jill Barshay reports.

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• L.A. luring filmmakers back home

  by Stacey Vanek Smith

  

  For years, foreign countries and other U.S. cities and states have offered tax breaks and other incentives to lure filmmakers away from Los Angeles. Now, the L.A. City Council wants to put forth some incentives of its own. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.

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• Home sellers dropping bottom lines

  by Alisa Roth

  Prices are coming down on home sales, according to a report from the real estate company Trulia. Does this mean reality is finally sinking in for homeowners? Alisa Roth reports.

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• Los Angeles’ art has imitated its life

  by Kai Ryssdal

  John Buntin, who writes about the 20th-century relationship between organized crime and the Los Angeles Police Department in "L.A. Noir," takes Kai Ryssdal on a tour of the city's downtown and points out things that haven't changed much.

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