Segments From This Episode

• Erase student loans?

  by Justin Wolfers

  College students graduate with thousands of dollars in student loans. So, what would happen if we just eliminated that debt?

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• Netflix calls it quits for Qwikster

  by Jennifer Collins

  Netflix pulled the plug on the DVD-only service before it ever got off the ground.

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• Europe aims to contain Greek financial damage

  by Heidi Moore

  Scrambling to prevent a bond default by Greece, European leaders seek to "ring fence" the country to contain financial contagion. Can it work?

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• Think Globally, Act …?

  by Adriene Hill

  Americans know more about the environment than ever before, but know less about how to fix it.

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• The end of the road for small towns

  by Eve Troeh

  One Iowa small town tries to buck the trend and become a destination.

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• Nobel Prize in economics goes to two Americans

  by Stacey Vanek Smith

  

  Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims studied an issue central to our dilemma today: How government policies actually affect the real economy.

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• Recovery’s no recovery for wages

  by Amy Scott

  Household income keeps falling. Education plays a role.

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• The atmosphere and voices of Occupy Wall Street

  by Marketplace Staff

  CNBC's John Carney reports straight from the Occupy Wall Street protests, and what the atmosphere is like there.

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