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  • Can thinking like an economist spruce up your sex life and help get the dirty dishes clean? Paula Szuchman and Jenny Anderson, authors of "Spousonomics," talk with Tess Vigeland about why treating your marriage like a business partnership might help solve some of your marital issues.

  • Feb 19, 2011

    Spousonomics

    Title: Spousonomics: Using Economics to Master Love, Marriage, and Dirty Dishes Authors: Paula Szuchman and Jenny Anderson Publisher: Random Ho…

  • Harvard economist Ed Glaeser talks with Kai Ryssdal about his new book, "Triumph of the City," why cities are our greatest invention, and how they are good for the environment as well.

  • Read an excerpt from Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier …

  • Title: Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier Author: Edward Glaeser Publi…

  • The following excerpt is from "The 10 Commandments of Money: Survive and Thrive in the New Economy Listen to an interview with author Liz Pulliam…

  • Title: The 10 Commandments of Money: Survive and Thrive in the New Economy Author: Liz Pulliam Weston Publisher: Hudson Street Press Type: Non…

  • Tess Vigeland talks to MSN's personal finance columnist Liz Pulliam Weston about the new rules of personal finance she outlines in her book "The 10 Commandments of Money."

  • Feb 11, 2011

    Moneymakers

    Title: Moneymakers: The Wicked Lives and Surprising Adventures of Three Notorious Counterfeiters Author: Ben Tarnoff Publisher: The Penguin P…

  • More than six million African Americans moved out of the South between World War 1 and 1970. The exodus was called the Great Migration and it transformed American culture and identity, from our music to our economy to our politics.

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