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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Who gets help from the mortgage plan?

by Steve Henn

Mar 4, 2009

The Treasury Department released more details about its mortgage restructuring plan for 9 million homeowners. What does the plan include and who gets the help? Steve Henn reports.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Will China's stimulus lift world markets?

by Ashley Milne-Tyte

Mar 4, 2009

Reports say that China may announce a new stimulus package soon. What will it look like and how might it impact the U.S. and world markets? Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Stimulus good in theory, not practice

by Marketplace Staff

Mar 4, 2009

The White House is banking on government spending to stimulate economic activity. Commentator David Frum says even if the plan might be good on paper, the execution is the problem.

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Recession leads to a clothing change

by Marketplace Staff

Mar 4, 2009

Recession dressing? Sounds more like a cheap way to top a salad than a clothing-design movement. Kai Ryssdal speaks with fashion editor Kate Betts about how you might have to work a little harder to look good during the downturn.

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Boardwalk wood does forest no good

by Marketplace Staff

Mar 4, 2009

Renovations to a New Jersey town's boardwalk are having ramifications on the rainforests in Brazil. Joe Rose reports on the controversy over U.S. beach towns using Brazilian hardwood.

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Who's hit the worst by the recession?

by Kai Ryssdal

Mar 4, 2009

New York Times columnist David Leonhardt talks with Kai Ryssdal about who's getting hit the hardest by job losses and why.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Program helps stabilize neighborhoods

by Marketplace Staff

Mar 4, 2009

Thousands of foreclosed properties are sitting on the market and driving home values down. But one federal program is aimed at helping people who don't own homes buy foreclosed properties to get them off the market. Tamara Keith reports.

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Music from the episode

Asa Branca Forro In The Dark, David Byrne

Swinger's Remix - Instrumental omid

Rippin Kittin Golden Boy with Miss Kittin

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