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Mar 28, 2012

Marketplace for Wednesday, March 28, 2012

A group of investors including Magic Johnson bid more than $2 billion for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Highway Bill expires on Saturday and if Congress doesn’t act, construction projects will start to shut down. Commentator Todd Buchholz says the “Boomerang generation” doesn’t take as much risk as it did in the old days — and that’s not good for the economy. And we hear how robots are taking over jobs in the supermarket.

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Segments From This Episode

A ‘Health Care Song’
by Marketplace Contributor
What are the most important election issues you're thinking about this year? Singer-songwriter Brad Hoshaw gives his answers in verse.
Health care debate: Wrecking ball or remodeling?
by Gregory Warner
The main question on day three of the Supreme Court health care hearings: Should the whole health care reform law be scrapped?
Rubber not meeting the road on highway bill
by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
The highway bill is in a standoff in the House, threatening highway projects if an agreement can't be reached by this weekend.
‘Boomerang Generation’ hurts the economy
by Todd Bucholz
Commentator Todd Buchholz says young adults who return home to live with their parents are sapping the economy of needed vitality.
The Lorax has been stolen
by Kai Ryssdal
The 300-pound, two-foot-tall bronze statue of the Dr. Seuss figure has disappeared.
Transatlantic cooperation on oil supplies discussed
France says it is discussing a joint release of strategic oil reserves onto the market with Britain and the U.S. The U.S. says no decision is made.
Libya heads toward unknown future
by Kai Ryssdal
A year after the war that dislodged Muammar Gaddafi began, Libya finds itself in the political doldrums. North Africa expert Geoff Porter discusses the difference between chaos and anarchy in the Sahara.
The L.A. Dodgers deal: What $2 billion gets you
by Adriene Hill
The Los Angeles Dodgers break a record in the off-season.
Robots and the hourglass economy
by David Brancaccio
Technology is — by some economists' accounts — causing a hollowing out of middle income jobs.

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Segments From This Episode

A ‘Health Care Song’

Health care debate: Wrecking ball or remodeling?

Rubber not meeting the road on highway bill

‘Boomerang Generation’ hurts the economy

The Lorax has been stolen

Transatlantic cooperation on oil supplies discussed

Libya heads toward unknown future

The L.A. Dodgers deal: What $2 billion gets you

Robots and the hourglass economy

Music from the episode