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    But consumers aren't exactly rushing back to the plastic.

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  • May 22, 2010

    Drachma dreams

    As Greece falls into a recession, Greeks are girding themselves for a tough financial future and pining for the days of the drachma.

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  • Beth Kobliner and her daughter, Becca, negotiate an allowance system that both can agree on.

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  • May 21, 2010

    Getting Personal

    Tess Vigeland and personal finance expert Kathy Kristof of CBS MoneyWatch take your questions on how money mixes with romance and family.

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  • David Lytle of Frommers.com talks to Tess Vigeland on how best to take advantage of the falling value of the euro against the dollar and the unrest in Greece.

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  • Tess Vigeland reviews what listeners had to say about Marketplace stories on taking the long view on the markets and job creation as a fix for the unemployment problem.

  • May 15, 2010

    Getting Personal

    Tess Vigeland and David Lazarus of the Los Angeles Times take your questions on store credit, buying a home and some car loan co-sign drama.

  • Marketplace's Joel Rose looks into why some still pay for music, when it is so easy to download free music with peer-to-peer technology.

  • Marketplace's Gregory Warner talks to Tess Vigeland about the CLASS Act, a little known provision in health care reform that provides long-term health care insurance.

  • Tess Vigeland stops by the Lamp Community, a homeless shelter on Skid Row in Los Angeles, for a money management class that teaches its clients how to save for a better future, even from incomes between $200 to $900 a month.

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