Marketplace for August 3, 2011

Segments From This Episode

• As recovery stalls, more Americans seek food assistance

  by Eve Troeh

  One state — Alabama — added over a million to the food assistance rolls as tornadoes and the economy affected families

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• Summer Reading: Roy Choi

  by Roy Choi

  Coloring outside the lines and rediscovering L.A. with On the Road

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• Everybody loses as the FAA remains unfunded

  by David Gura

  Congress has gone on vacation without funding the FAA. Now inspectors have to work without pay, and the nation goes $1.2 billion short

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• Cut taxes for young professionals

  by Reihan Salam

  Millions of Americans are out of work. Millions are just beginning their careers. So what can be done in this jobless recovery?

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• Economic indicators are good…and bad

  by Jeff Horwich

  Are we spending or saving? What's behind the growth in auto sales? Are U.S. companies hiring or firing? Yes, depending on your perspective.

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• Letters: U.S. credit, free TV and being number two

  by Marketplace Staff

  Going over listener's responses to past broadcasts. This week: the credit ratings agencies versus the U.S.; investors and entitlements; paying for TV; and being number two in the world.

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• How locals saved a furniture company in Ohio

  by Dan Bobkoff

  Three years ago, Norwalk Furniture was about to close for good. That didn't sit well with a dozen Ohio families, who now run the company

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• Chinese people show frustration over corruption

  by Marketplace Staff

  After a high-speed train crash last month — and the government's reactions afterward — some Chinese are beginning to publicly show anger and resistance

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