Insurance company AIG is in talks with members of the Fed and the Treasury Department on how the company will return the billions the government lent AIG.

The government is trying to clean up one of the biggest messes left from the financial crisis, the bailout of AIG. Officials from the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Bank are meeting with AIG's board to consider a complex exit plan. Reporter John Dimsdale talks the details with Bill Radke.

Kai Ryssdal talks to Marketplace commentator Robert Reich about his new book "Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future."

Republicans announced today their "Pledge to America," the 2010 fall Republican agenda. Republican Congressmen said they wanted to cancel President Obama's $800 billion stimulus plan. Marketplace's John Dimsdale looks at whether that'll make a difference.

You can't predict the future. Commentator Justin Wolfers believes economists shouldn't be trusted to either.

Kai Ryssdal talks to Marketplace's Jeremy Hobson, who parses the Fed's statement after they announced they would not raise interest rates.

A report from the National Bureau of Economic Research said that the recession ended over a year ago — but as Marketplace's Mitchell Hartman reports, just because the recession ended, doesn't mean people are feeling good.

The British government will unveil the details of its austerity cuts on Oct. 20. Brits agree that deep cuts are necessary, but they're divided on where the cuts should be made.

Kai Ryssdal talks to Director Charles Ferguson about his new documentary "Inside Job," which explores the causes of the 2008 financial crisis.

A down economy can be a boon for upbeat music. Jeremy Hobson checks in with musicians in Nashville to see what they're singing about.