Marketplace for Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Segments From This Episode

• The elusive price tag of the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan

  by Marketplace Staff

  Kai Ryssdal talks to professor and author Andrew Bacevich about his new book "Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War."

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• HUD First Look program gives communities first dibs at foreclosed properties

  by Stacey Vanek Smith

  

  The new program from the Department of Housing and Urban Development is in an effort to stabilize communities and real estate prices across the nation.

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• Toxic gases found in well water close to drilling sites

  by Scott Tong

  Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," may be a boon for the energy industry, but critics are questioning if the process that frees up more gas and oil in the ground is poisoning well water.

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• Old assumptions equal a stagnant economy

  by Marketplace Staff

  Marketplace commentator David Frum says that fresh solutions are needed to get the economy moving, but the federal government is stuck in its old assumptions.

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• The campaign ad ‘arms race’

  by John Dimsdale

  According to one estimate, campaign ad spending could reach $4.2 billion . Marketplace's John Dimsdale reports.

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• Is gold a bubble waiting to burst?

  by Marketplace Staff

  Kai Ryssdal talks to David Moon, president of Moon Capital Management about why gold is such an attractive investment.

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• Location gone mass market

  by Joel Rose

  Location via smart phone is the latest part of consumers that marketers and companies are latching onto. Reporter Joel Rose takes himself on a tour of Philadelphia for a smart phone scavenger hunt.

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