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Kai is the host and senior editor of “Marketplace,” the most widely heard program on business and the economy — radio or television, commercial or public broadcasting — in the country. Kai speaks regularly with CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, startup entrepreneurs, small-business owners and everyday participants in the American and global economies. Before his career in broadcasting, Kai served in the United States Navy and United States Foreign Service. He’s a graduate of Emory University and Georgetown University. Kai lives in Los Angeles with his wife and four children.
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Continue on with those Halloween plans...
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Kai Ryssdal
Oct 29, 2010
An observation of what didn't happen on Wall Street on the non-economic news of the day. Reports, confirmed this afternoon by the White House, say...
What is that around MLB players' necks?
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Kai Ryssdal
Oct 28, 2010
This final note today, picking up on my earlier observation about the World Series. Am I the only guy who's been wondering what with those enormous...
A positive outlook on the future?
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Kai Ryssdal
Oct 27, 2010
This final note today. I know the economic news has been a little bleak lately, housing and jobs and all that. And I apologize if we've been...
Jimmy Carter on deregulation, health care
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Kai Ryssdal
Oct 27, 2010
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter talks with Kai Ryssdal about his new book, "White House Diary," whether he is partly to blame for the state of the economy because he started a drive for deregulation, his appointment of Paul Volcker to Federal Reserve Chairman, and his push for health care reform.
Cleveland pride as NBA season starts
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Kai Ryssdal
Oct 26, 2010
This final note today, in observance of the start of the National Basketball Association season tonight....
Farewell, Sony Walkman
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Kai Ryssdal
Oct 25, 2010
This final note today. A fond farewell to an electronic gadget that really I didn't even know they made anymore. Sony has announced it's going to...
Google's "transfer pricing" doesn't look so innocent
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Kai Ryssdal
Oct 21, 2010
This final note today. Bloomberg News reported this morning Google has saved more than $3 billion in three years, thanks to the help of a tax hav...
The musician's life in a down economy
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Kai Ryssdal
Oct 21, 2010
In the latest in The Art of Money series, Kai Ryssdal chats with Corin Tucker, formerly of Sleater-Kinney and now fronting her own namesake band, about the musician's life in Portland -- a city facing high unemployment rates.
Twitter chatter predicts DOW performance, analysts say
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Kai Ryssdal
Oct 20, 2010
This final note today, in which I once again bow down to the greater wisdom of Twitter.
I know, I know; I've said it before, but this time it co...
A profit at Goldman Sachs?
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Kai Ryssdal
Oct 19, 2010
A final note on the way out this afternoon. We started today with Bank of America's earnings. The country's biggest bank has set aside more than 5...