Marketplace for August 10, 2011

Segments From This Episode

• Time to focus on jobs and growth

  by Robert Reich

  Commentator Robert Reich says Washington's focus on debt and deficits will not cure what really ails the U.S. economy.

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• First Village Post Office debuts in Malone

  by Jennifer Collins

  The U.S. Postal Service launches the first of its money-saving village post offices in a tiny town in Washington State.

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• Letters: S&P response and new ‘sad music’

  by Marketplace Staff

  Going over listeners' responses to past broadcasts. This week: the S&P's comments on the downgrade, cutting taxes for young people and your picks for Marketplace's 'sad music'

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• Market gyrations cause heartache, economic pain

  by Bob Moon

  For traders, stock market volatility creates opportunities to profit. For the rest of us, it generates fear that hurts businesses and the economy

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• Oil price ripple effects

  by Adriene Hill

  High prices last week, low prices this week. That volatility carries a cost

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• Downgrade: Is it ’08 all over again?

  by Marketplace Staff

  New York bureau chief Heidi Moore discusses how the crisis were facing now differs from the '08 financial crisis and why we have a divided economy.

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• will.i.am on the importance of funding science education

  by Marketplace Staff

  The frontman of the musical group Black Eyed Peas also happens to be the director of creative innovation at Intel. And this Sunday, he hopes to shed light on a foundation teaching young people about science and innovation

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