Segments From This Episode

• Wall Street’s new gamble

  by Bob Moon

  After last week's chaotic stock market free fall, heads of the major exchanges came up with a solution: Some trades are off, while some will still stand. Critics say that this idea will lessen the legitimacy of the market.

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• What are checked baggage fees for?

  by Marketplace Staff

  Charles Wheelan, a disgruntled airline passenger, talks to Tess Vigeland about his lawsuit over a $25 checked baggage fee, after United Airlines lost his bag.

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• A CLASS Act: Long-term health care

  by Marketplace Staff

  Marketplace's Gregory Warner talks to Tess Vigeland about the CLASS Act, a little known provision in health care reform that provides long-term health care insurance.

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• Saving for the future, a dollar at a time

  by Marketplace Staff

  Tess Vigeland stops by the Lamp Community, a homeless shelter on Skid Row in Los Angeles, for a money management class that teaches its clients how to save for a better future, even from incomes between $200 to $900 a month.

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• Why pay for MP3s, when you can P2P?

  by Joel Rose

  Marketplace's Joel Rose looks into why some still pay for music, when it is so easy to download free music with peer-to-peer technology.

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• Getting Personal

  by Marketplace Staff

  Tess Vigeland and David Lazarus of the Los Angeles Times take your questions on store credit, buying a home and some car loan co-sign drama.

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• Letters: Job creation and more

  by Marketplace Staff

  Tess Vigeland reviews what listeners had to say about Marketplace stories on taking the long view on the markets and job creation as a fix for the unemployment problem.

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