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Marketplace for Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Jun 28, 2016

Marketplace for Tuesday, June 28, 2016

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What Brexit may mean for the pharmaceutical industry; the latest round of results from the Marketplace-Edison Research Poll; and a look at the economic challenges of being a small scale fair-trade coffee grower in Mexico.

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The struggles of Mexican fair trade coffee producers

Jun 28, 2016
Fair trade coffee works for many Mexican growers - but there are also roadblocks
In the Mexican state of Chiapas,  coffee is part of the culture. A buyer showed off a sample of coffee beans he had just bought for distribution within Mexico.
Lorne Matalon/Marketplace

The U.S. economy is making us anxious and suspicious

Jun 28, 2016
Larry Rosin on the results of our latest Marketplace-Edison Research Poll
Poll results show that 71 percent of Americans think the American economy is rigged.
Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Chaos monkeys are driving innovation in Silicon Valley

Jun 28, 2016
Antonio García Martínez created Facebook Exchange, an ad generator that saved the company post-IPO.
The Nasdaq board in Times Square on the day it debuted as an IPO. 
Spencer Platt/Getty Images

AirBnB files a suit that could change everything

Jun 28, 2016
The company is suing San Francisco to stop fines over unregistered apartment rentals
A protester props up a sign during a demonstration outside of an apartment building that allegedly evicted all of the tenants to convert the units to AirBnb rentals on July 29, 2014 in San Francisco, California.
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Should the EU play nasty or nice with the UK ?

Jun 28, 2016
European Union must decide whether to offer generous terms to post-Brexit UK or not.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a special plenary session on Brexit at the German lower house of Parliament Bundestag in Berlin, on June 28, 2016. 
JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images

What Brexit may mean for the pharmaceutical industry

Jun 28, 2016
Drug makers are raising concerns Brexit could delay regulatory approval, slow down funding for basic research
British drug makers could face new regulations and road blocks for research as the U.K. prepares to leave the EU. 
Chris Radburn/AFP/Getty Images

Clinton and Trump push back against trade deals

Jun 28, 2016
Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump spoke on trade and the economy.
Presumptive Republican candidate for President Donald Trump speaks to guests during a policy speech during a campaign stop at Alumisource on June 28, 2016 in Monessen, Pennsylvania. Trump continued to attack Hillary Clinton while delivering an economic policy speech targeting globalization and free trade.
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

We're on the ground in London and it's not pretty

Jun 28, 2016
How are folks really feeling about Brexit? We head there to find out.
Protesters gather to demonstrate against the EU referendum result outside the Houses of Parliament on June 28, 2016 in London, England. Up to 50,000 people were expected before the event was cancelled due to safety concerns.
Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

What Brexit may mean for the pharmaceutical industry; the latest round of results from the Marketplace-Edison Research Poll; and a look at the economic challenges of being a small scale fair-trade coffee grower in Mexico.

Music from the episode

Kuni Majagani Group Inerane
Song For No One Miike Snow
Kamikaze
Soft Washed Out