Segments From This Episode

• Organized labor fighting for domestic worker rights

  by Jeff Tyler

  AFL-CIO and other labor groups want workplace protections for nannies and housekeepers, even though U.S. law prevents those workers from joining unions.

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• Big U.S. banks told to boost cash holdings

  by Heidi Moore

  New rules level the playing field between big and small banks. National banks are griping, but will they really have less money to lend?

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• American Express gets into prepaid cards

  by Jennifer Collins

  AmEx launches a prepaid money card with very few fees that could spark a trend.

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• Dodd-Frank law tough to implement

  by Mitchell Hartman

  The Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposes to delay rules governing the $600 trillion swaps market. Why is it so hard to put financial reform into action?

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• Tracking drug smugglers on interstate highways

  by Jude Joffe-Block

  The U.S. gives millions to local officers to enforce specific stretches of interstate roads.

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• Freakonomics: How much influence does a parent have on a child’s education?

  by Marketplace Staff

  A look into the overall influence parents might have on their kids' collegiate futures.

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• Miracle-Gro in your pot

  by Adriene Hill

  Fertilizer producer Scotts eyes the huge, legal marijuana market.

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