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Kai Ryssdal
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Marketplace for Monday, August 31, 2015

Aug 31, 2015

Episodes 2951 - 2960 of 5795

  • Another step in the evolution of the 21st century employee; the big, bad business of refugee smuggling; and Instagram’s outside-the-box strategy.

  • The fundamentals of America’s economy in three numbers; China’s Ironman; and living in the fire zone.

  • What we’ve learned about the market’s safety nets; Apple’s “Sinodependency”; and stopping the roller coaster metaphor in its tracks.

  • No, it’s not 2008; China’s stock market has a long way to go; and the tough business of steel.

  • OK, let’s just step back a minute and break this all down. We’ve got China correspondent Rob Schmitz explaining the Shanghai meltdown; Scott Tong fills us in on the end of the commodities producers’ party; and Sabri Ben-Achour tells us how vulnerable the U.S. really is. 

  • Take a deep breath. We talk through the day of apocalyptic markets in our Weekly Wrap; there are some numbers on the rise — the average FICO score; and volunteers pitch in to fight the West’s brutal wildfires.

  • A pharmaceutical company swoops in to buy the maker of the female libido pill; keeping the sharing economy safe; and catching up at York and Fig.

  • Consumer prices move at a slow pace; adult affairs website Ashley Madison undergoes a data breach; and a look at prettying up politicans for the camera

  • Wal-Mart’s $3 billion “shrinkage” problem; the EPA wants to curb methane leaks; and a proposed power line across the historic James River is making waves.     

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Hosted by Kai Ryssdal, our leading business news radio program and podcast is about providing context on the economic news of the day. Through stories, conversations and newsworthy developments, we help listeners understand the economic world around them. Marketplace makes sense of the economy for everyone, no econ degree or finance background required. Marketplace doesn’t just report on the numbers, we take it deeper, adding context to what’s happening in the stock market and how macroeconomic policy can affect you and your business. Monday through Friday, our team speaks with a wide range of industry professionals — from small business owners to Fortune 500 CEOs, Marketplace breaks down complex topics related to business and the economy without industry jargon and over-complicated explanations.

Kai Ryssdal has led the program since 2005 and has hosted the program from China, the Middle East and dozens of cities across the United States. As a leading public media voice, Kai has been a trusted broadcaster for two decades and received an Emmy for investigative journalism on a PBS FRONTLINE documentary about money in politics called “Big Sky, Big Money.” He has appeared often on CNN, CNBC and CBS news. His written work has been featured in The New York Times and The Atlantic.

Produced and distributed by American Public Media (APM) our popular business news podcasts are available worldwide on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and RSS Feeds and any place else where you get your podcasts.

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