Marketplace for September 5, 2011

Segments From This Episode

• Popular Missouri tax credit faces budget ax

  by Adam Allington

  

  The program pays developers a quarter of the cost to rehab historic buildings. It's been lauded as a jobs creator, but many say the state can no longer afford it.

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• What do you do: Exploring the topic of work

  by Daniel Pink

  A book that has helped people answer this question: What do you want to be when you grow up?

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• The markets in September: Buckle up for a bumpy ride

  by Heidi Moore

  News of the weak U.S. job market has crossed the Atlantic and the Pacific. And concerns about a new recession don't appear to have been lost in translation.

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• Postal Service workers may face major layoffs

  by John Dimsdale

  The post office is close to bankruptcy, so the postmaster general is recommending drastic cutbacks in service.

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• Why hasn’t the tech boom triggered more hiring?

  by Marketplace Staff

  One bright spot in the U.S. economy is Silicon Valley, where companies have expanded during the recession. Reporter Steve Henn discusses why that hasn't translated into more jobs.

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• Mac’s is big on Cape Cod

  by Marketplace Staff

  Mac's Seafood in Wellfleet, Mass., has been serving up eats to hungry beach-goers since 1995. We stopped by to talk to one of the servers, who explains why Mac's is no ordinary "clam shack."

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• Big hurdles to job creation remain

  by Mitchell Hartman

  Private employers are creating jobs every month. But it's not nearly enough to whittle away at the unemployment rate, which remains above 9%

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