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  • Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz.
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    Starbucks is going to tackle the jobs problem in the U.S. by helping finance microloans to American small businesses.

  • Marketplace's Chris Farrell shares what he learned about personal finance at his latest college reunion.

  • A New Yorker decides to clean out his wallet and finds a lucky charm he got in New Orleans.

  • The Census Bureau has a new calculation for measuring poverty. David Brancaccio takes a look at how this new metric changes our understanding of America's poor.

  • Many Greeks are only seeing one way out of the economic crisis in their country: moving abroad. A Greek family shares their hopes about moving to Italy.

  • President Obama's former economic adviser Austan Goolsbee talks about rebuilding the economy without another debt-driven bubble.

  • David Brancaccio and personal finance columnist Liz Weston answer listeners' personal finance questions.

  • You may think that debts should always be repaid. But history shows that debts are always negotiable.

  • Crippling medical debt isn't just for the uninsured. Even those with health insurance can be hit with a mountain of debt from an accident.

  • Many financially irresponsible people have been forced into responsible behavior since the recession started. But Meghan Daum says impulsive spenders need to return to help the economy.