Elections 2020COVID-19Make Me Smart DailyFast-Track VaccinesRace and Economy

Loading...

0:00
0% played
TODAY ONLY - 4x your impact with a Giving Tuesday match! MATCH MY GIFT
ABOUT SHOW
Marketplace Money for Friday, October 28, 2011
Oct 28, 2011

Marketplace Money for Friday, October 28, 2011

Share Now on:
Share
HTML EMBED:
COPY
HTML EMBED
Download

Listen to the latest episode of Marketplace Money with guest host David Brancaccio. This week: Austerity in Europe and the U.S.

Segments From this episode

The first 5,000 years of debt

by David Brancaccio
Oct 27, 2011
You may think that debts should always be repaid. But history shows that debts are always negotiable.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

The weight of medical debt

by Kelley Weiss
Oct 27, 2011
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.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
Commentary

The economy needs more marshmallow eaters

by Meghan Daum
Oct 27, 2011
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.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

Getting Personal: Housing and savings conundrums

by Marketplace Staff
Oct 27, 2011
David Brancaccio and personal finance columnist Liz Weston answer listeners' personal finance questions.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
Fallout: The Financial Crisis

A bubble-less recovery

by David Brancaccio
Oct 28, 2011
President Obama's former economic adviser Austan Goolsbee talks about rebuilding the economy without another debt-driven bubble.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

Greeks seeking employment abroad

by Joanna Kakissis
Oct 28, 2011
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.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

A new yardstick to measure poverty

by David Brancaccio
Oct 28, 2011
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.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
Most states have been underpaying Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits
COVID-19
Most states have been underpaying Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits
Dueling views of the economy we're in
COVID-19
Dueling views of the economy we're in

Our biggest match ever.

TODAY ONLY your donation has 4x the impact!

MATCH MY GIFT
Capitol Hill is still overwhelmingly white
Race and Economy
Capitol Hill is still overwhelmingly white