08/22/2017: We may now never understand the risks and benefits of controversial mountain top mining

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• Caring about a company’s values has grown into a multi-trillion dollar industry

  by David Brancaccio

  

  Socially responsible investing is a growing industry. And it does not mean investing just for progressive values.

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• Trump administration halts study on mining, thanks to proposed budget cuts

  by Marielle Segarra

  

  Some studies have shown increased rates of health problems for people who live near these mining sites.

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• Trump visits Arizona, where border patrol recruiting is still stalled

  by Scott Tong

  Today the president is in Phoenix, holding a political rally and visiting a town on the border with Mexico. While this administration has pledged to hire 5,000 more border patrol agents, so far that has not improved longstanding recruitment and retention challenges for the agency. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.

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• 08/22/2017: The number of U.S. border agents is on the decline

  by David Brancaccio

  President Trump is in Phoenix, Arizona for a rally where he'll try to score points on immigration and his plans for a border wall. But it turns out hiring border guards is getting harder. On today's show, we'll take a look at some of the reasons for their decline . Afterwards, we'll discuss how consumers have responded to advances in smartphones, and then talk about what could lie on the agenda for Jackson Hole, a meeting between central bankers and policy experts that begins today.

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