Segments From This Episode

• This is not the way to remember 9/11

  by Kai Ryssdal

  Corporate America still doesn't get it.

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• How the one percent make their money today

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  The gap between rich and poor in America is at its widest ever. But the way the rich make their money has changed.

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• Landmark environmental law under threat in California

  by Sarah Gardner

  Golden State legislators are voting on whether to weaken a key law protecting the environment. Many say the law has been abused.

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• The pros and cons of having a booster back your team

  by Amy Scott

  Boosters can be a big financial support to a college, funneling billions of dollars into athletics programs. But teams risk running afoul of NCAA rules.

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• Crisis confessionals: Feeling the effects of the financial crisis

  by Kai Ryssdal

  Commentaries from listeners about when they started feeling the effects of the financial crisis.

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• Graduating into The Lost Generation

  Students who graduated from college during the financial crisis could spend years trying to regain what they lost during the worst recession in modern memory.

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• The cost of dismantling chemical weapons in Syria

  by Kai Ryssdal

  It looks increasingly likely that Syria will surrender its chemical weapons. But that process isn't as simple as it seems.

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• Chief economist of Fannie Mae says three more years until recovery

  by Kai Ryssdal

  Douglas Duncan says the economy today is “improving but it's not robust."

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