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    Aug 12, 2016

    Marketplace Weekend for Friday, August 12, 2016

    On this episode of Marketplace Weekend, Marketplace reporter Reema Khrais and Slate words correspondent Katy Waldman go long and short on racial wealth inequality, Harry Potter, Whopperitos and women’s gymnastics coverage. Marketplace Washington bureau chief Andrea Seabrook rehashes Donald Trump’s and Hillary Clinton’s economic proposals and we continue our listener conversation about work-life balance. Ira Glass and Mike Birbiglia take the Marketplace Quiz, Marketplace’s Tracey Samuelson reports on refugees in the U.S. and we hear from lobstermen working on the docks in Newport, Rhode Island. 

    Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership — now.
    Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership — now.
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    On this episode of Marketplace Weekend, Marketplace reporter Reema Khrais and Slate words correspondent Katy Waldman go long and short on racial wealth inequality, Harry Potter, Whopperitos and women’s gymnastics coverage. Marketplace Washington bureau chief Andrea Seabrook rehashes Donald Trump’s and Hillary Clinton’s economic proposals and we continue our listener conversation about work-life balance. Ira Glass and Mike Birbiglia take the Marketplace Quiz, Marketplace’s Tracey Samuelson reports on refugees in the U.S. and we hear from lobstermen working on the docks in Newport, Rhode Island.