Segments From This Episode

• The mall is dead, long live the mall

  by Gigi Douban

  Shopping mall firms struggled during the recession and are still digging out.

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• A realtor’s tale: Selling houses after a housing crash

  by David Weinberg

  Kristal Wilson sold lots of houses to people during the housing boom — and then helped them with short sales when prices collapsed as they faced foreclosure.

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• Omnicom and Publicis set to tie the knot

  The merger will bring rival accounts under the same roof — like Coke and Pepsi. And that could lead to a shake up in global advertising business.

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• Protests over fast-food wages spread to retail workers

  by Kate Davidson

  Retail workers find common cause with fast-food employees demanding more hours and higher wages.

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• Want better government? Use cost-benefit analysis

  by Sarah McCammon

  Non-profits are working with state governments to increase use of cost-benefit analyses to learn whether programs and policies are worth it.

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• PODCAST: Cost-benefit, monster ad outfit

  by David Brancaccio

  Omnicom and Publicis go big to go small, digitally. Want better government? Try cost-benefit analysis. And are the Federal Reserve's monetary policies putting the country at risk for inflation?

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• Omnicom and Publicis go big to go small, digitally

  by Mitchell Hartman

  The merger is a case of Madison Avenue trying to catch up with Silicon Valley, trying to use their size and reach to deliver small targeted markets to advertisers in real time.

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