June 27 , 2005
The self-help aisle may be popular in your local bookstore, but not with Steven Salerno. The investigative reporter is the author of Sham: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless. (listen to the Q&A with Steven Salerno)

June 24, 2005
Through the first-person stories of people across the world who have met and the challenge of balancing work and life, Bill Jensen identifies seven stages of discovery readers can follow to achieve their own clarity of purpose and direction. His book What Is Your Life's Work? Answer the Big Question about What Really Matters...and Reawaken the Passion for What You Do is available now (listen to the Q&A with Bill Jensen)

June 13, 2005
Only 11 days after the attacks of September 11th, 2001, Congress made an unprecedented committment, creating a Victim Compensation Fund. Not surprisingly, being the one charged with fairly adminstering the fund was a challenge, even for attorney Kenneth Feinberg. His book What Is Life Worth: The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9-11 is available now (listen to the Q&A with Kenneth Feinberg )

June 9, 2005
Lisa Napoli talks to author Tim Riley about today's music industry: will it go the way of Bruce Springsteen or Beck? (listen to the Q&A) His book Fever: How Rock N Roll Transformed Gender in America is available now.

June 8, 2005
Burned out and laid off, Rodney Rothman moved into a retirement village at age 28 — and got an early sampling of his golden years buffet. He talks with Lisa Napoli about his book, Early Bird: A Memoir of Premature Retirement. Check out their discussion.

June 3, 2005
Former Reagan Administration official Clyde Prestowitz has written the new book Three Billion New Capitalists, a thoughtful analysis of American's economic prostpects in an increasingly globalized economy. He speaks with Kai Ryssdal.

June 3, 2005
Booksellers, editors, and agents converged on the Javits Center in New York for BookExpo America 2005, the largest book fair in the U.S. But there are hard lessons to learn in the bookselling business if you're one of thousands of lesser-hyped authors, as commentator Beth Teitell, author of From Here to Maternity: The Education of a Rookie Mom knows. Hear her commentary.

February 15, 2005
The U.S. says it's spending $6 billion on strategies to address climate change. But it isn't participating in the Kyoto Protocol. The protocol, signed by 141 nations, goes into effect tomorrow. Commentator and writer Mark Hertsgaard says the world has waited too long to act. His book "The Eagle's Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World" is available now.

January 25, 2005
Globalization’s market forces bring millions of people to the cities, without enough money to afford a home. Journalist Robert Neuwirth tells David Brown that in thirty years, half of the world’s urban dwellers could be squatters. His book "Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World" is available now.

January 24 2005
In the business world, there is vast grey area between what is truth and what is not. Take for instance an advertisement that reads, 'World's Best Car.' David Brown talks to Princeton philosopher Harry Frankfurt, who has written about the topic. LANGUAGE NOTE: The interview contains controversial language, and although it is censored out, most listeners will be able to understand the meaning of the word. His book "On Bullshit" is available now.

May 10, 2004
Rising prices and a growing economy do seem to be all the rage these days. But Marketplace's economic whiz, Chris Farrell, has written a new book about just the opposite: What happens when prices fall? His book "Deflation: What Happens When Prices Fall" is available now.

April 30, 2004
Alexander Hamilton had his work cut out for him when he became Treasury Secretary after the Revolutionary War. Biographer Ron Chernow tells host Kai Ryssdal about the challenges Hamilton faced as he helped launch America’s economy. His book "Alexander Hamilton" is available now.   RealAudio

April 29, 2004
A brand name can make or break a product or business. Host Tess Vigeland gets some examples from Alex Frankel, author of "Wordcraft: The Art of Turning Little Words Into Big Business." His book "Wordcraft: The Art of Turning Little Words Into Big Business" is available now.   RealAudio

April 22, 2004
After three years of scandals in the corporate world, some big companies have earned an epithet or two. Author Joel Bakan has his own term for the American corporation -- and his is more of the fifty-cent than four-letter variety. His book "The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power" is available now.   RealAudio

April 2, 2004
After 9/11, Americans took a much greater interest in personal and national security - at times at the expense of once cherished privacies and personal freedoms. Jeffery Rosen is the author of "The Naked Crowd: Reclaiming Security and Freedom in an Anxious Age." His book recounts how business responded to the public's sudden need to beef-up security. His book "The Naked Crowd: Reclaiming Security and Freedom in an Anxious Age" is available now.   RealAudio

March 31, 2004
State insurance regulators have been around for 150 years, watching over the conduct of insurance companies. But a new study came out reinforcing the idea of putting regulation under a federal roof. The study was sponsored by the American Council of Life Insurers, and that alone sent red flags flying for our commentator and consumer advocate, Jamie Court. His book "Corporateering: How Corporate Power Steals Your Personal Freedom...and What You Can Do about It" is available now.   RealAudio

March 29, 2004
Terrorist strategies vary. But financing terrorism often involves tried and true methods. Rachel Ehrenfeld, author of the book 'Funding Evil' explains that sources of terrorist financing range from illegal drugs to counterfeit DVD's. Her book "Funding Evil: How Terrorism Is Financed--And How to Stop It" is available now.   RealAudio

March 15, 2004
Once upon a time, CFOs were more on the order of company accountants, but during the tech bubble, these company officers took on a more public role. But are CFOs finally becoming a relic of the dot.com-era past? Host David Brown talks with Roger Lowenstein, author of "Origins of the Crash." His book "Origins of the Crash: The Great Bubble and Its Undoing" is available now.   RealAudio

March 15, 2004
Millions of Americans live somewhere between poverty and just getting by. Despite their hard work, one little setback could send them on a freefall toward the poorhouse. David Shipler, author of "The Working Poor: Invisible In America," tells host Tess Vigeland what it's like for the many hardworking Americans who are unable to get a piece of the American Dream. His book "The Working Poor: Invisible in America" is available now.   RealAudio

March 12, 2004
Don't let the idea of amateur cooking contests fool you into thinking the events are small-time affairs -- they're a big business. Host Tess Vigeland talks to Amy Sutherland, the author of "Cookoff: Recipe Fever In America," to get a taste of what they're all about. Her book "Cookoff: Recipe Fever in America" is available now.   RealAudio

March 11, 2004
Martha Stewart is just one of several corporate execs who have been accused of cheating in recent months. David Callahan, author of the book "The Cheating Culture," isn’t surprised. He tells host Cheryl Glaser he thinks it’s all a symptom of a much bigger problem. His book "The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead" is available now.   RealAudio

February 18, 2004
Host David Brown talks to political observer and author Larry Sabato about Howard Dean's two-part legacy: successful Internet contributions and small-dollar fundraising from lots of people who became volunteers. His book "Midterm Madness" is available now.   RealAudio

January 30, 2004
Host Kai Ryssdal talks to author Thomas Lippman about whether the Saudis' problems with the American way of life will ever change. His book "Inside the Mirage: America's Fragile Partnership With Saudi Arabia" is available now.   RealAudio

January 20, 2004
Host David Brown talks to author Peter Biskind about the rise of independent filmaking. His book "Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film" is available now.

December 12, 2003
Host Kai Ryssdal talks to author Spencer Johnson about using simple techniques to deal with complex issues. His book "The Precious Present" is available now.   RealAudio

December 2, 2003
Host David Brown talks to former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin about how "Rubinomics," the idea that deficits affect interest rates, relates to today's economy. Rubin's book "In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington" is available now.   RealAudio

December 1, 2003
Economist and special Marketplace contributor A. Gary Shilling's new book is called "Letting Off Steam." The book is available now.

September 17, 2003
Host David Brown talks with author Marion Nestle about whether it's profits or fear of obesity lawsuits that’s driving fast-food company menu changes. Nestle’s book "Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health" is available now.   RealAudio

September 17, 2003
Host Tess Vigeland gets up to date on today’s fashion industry by talking with Lisa Marsh, author of "The House of Klein: Fashion, Controversy and a Business Obsession."   RealAudio

August 29, 2003
Special thanks to David Brenner for contributing to our "Introduction to David Brown" sketch on the Aug. 29 Marketplace show. His new book "I Think There's A Terrorist In My Soup: How to Survive Personal and World Problems with Laughter - Seriously" is available now.

August 20, 2003
Host David Brancaccio talks with author Nathan Dungan about how parents can best fight off kids' requests for flat-screen TVs and trips to Hawaii, now that Madison Ave. has raised the stakes.   RealAudio

August 11, 2003
Host Kai Ryssdal talks with Joel Denker, author of "The World on a Plate: A Tour through the History of America's Ethnic Cuisine," about the small-business immigrant origins of big food labels.   RealAudio

July 31, 2003
Host David Brancaccio talks with author and professor Jennifer Finney Boylan about the challenges and responsibilities associated with being a transgendered person.   RealAudio

July 23, 2003
Host David Brancaccio talks with author and reporter Alec Klein about the continuing troubles at the world's biggest media company, AOL Time Warner.   RealAudio

July 22, 2003
Host David Brancaccio talks with the PR expert, John Stauber, about the buzz around Jessica Lynch, and the potential for a PR professional to influence national events.   RealAudio

July 16, 2003
Host David Brancaccio talks with the journalist and author about what it was like to be a witness to the creation of inventor Dean Kamen’s Segway Human Transporter.   RealAudio

June 4, 2003
Host David Brancaccio talks with Bruce McNall, co-author of "Fun While It Lasted: My Rise and Fall in the Land of Fame and Fortune," about what it's like when a business figure goes to jail. McNall, the former LA Kings team owner, spent 4 years in jail for fraud.   RealAudio

June 3, 2003
Federal regulators are checking into some of IBM’s accounting procedures. IBM has had a long history of run-ins with the government over the years -- something Kevin Maney, author of the book about IBM's founder called "The Maverick and his Machine," knows well.   RealAudio

May 22, 2003
Host David Brancaccio speaks with Sam Quiñones, author of "True Tales from Another Mexico: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino, and the Bronx," about the often bitter economic realities that underline your need for that caffeine fix.   RealAudio

May 7, 2003
Host David Brancaccio asks Eric Schlosser, author of "Reefer Madness:" Is marijuana such an economic force in the U.S. that legalization is just a matter of time? Schlosser thinks so.   RealAudio

April 23, 2003
In honor of "Administrative Professionals Day," we're talking to Rosanne Badowski. For the last 14 years, she has been the executive assistant to hard-charging Jack Welch, the man who until recently ran General Electric. Badowski has just written "Managing Up," a book about making relationships like these work.   RealAudio

April 18, 2003
Team competitiveness and the number of teams are the two big issues for Major League Baseball this season. Sports commentator Andrew Zimbalist joins host Morning Report Tess Vigeland to explain what’s causing all of the commotion. Zimbalist is the author of May the Best Team Win: Baseball Economics and Public Policy.   RealAudio

April 1, 2003
Commentator and University of Pennsylvania law professor David Skeel says: “Giving the airlines a bailout is like teaching babies to like sweets -- of course it’s what they want, but it isn’t good for them.” He says that bailouts simply prop up airlines that aren't competitive and hand out goodies to others that don't need them. David Skeel is the author of "Debt's Dominion: A Political History of Bankruptcy Law in America."
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March 31, 2003
Marketplace host David Brancaccio talks with Jeffrey Garten, dean of the Yale School of Management, about the absence of America's CEOs in the debate over Iraq. His book "The Politics of Fortune" lays out a new agenda for the nation’s CEOs.
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January 31, 2003
Marketplace host David Brancaccio talks with Bill Emmott, editor-in-chief of The Economist, about his new book, “20:21 Vision, Twentieth-Century Lessons for the Twenty-first Century,” and on what history has taught him about the potential for war in the Middle East.
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December 30, 2002
Authors talk about what leadership styles are important for tomorrow’s leaders: Marketplace host David Brancaccio interviews management experts Warren Bennis and Bob Thomas, authors of the book “Geeks and Geezers,” about what young and old corporate leaders have in common: all endured some intense, formative experience.
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December 10, 2002
Marketplace host David Brancaccio talks with the Dean of the Yale School of Management, Jeffrey Garten, about his new book, "The Politics of Fortune," which lays out a new agenda for the nation’s CEOs.
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November 27, 2002
In these tough economic times, it would seem that what business really needs is a new kind of leadership to get the engines of commerce going again. To find out the strategies necessary in this new economic environment, Marketplace host David Brancaccio talks with Larry Bossidy, the former CEO of Honeywell, and author of the new book "Execution."
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November 21, 2002
Marketplace host David Brancaccio talks with business of media analyst Martin Kaplan about the current hoopla surrounding Bob Woodward’s new book, "Bush at War."
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October 23, 2002
Along with December 7, 1941, or September 11, 2001, October 24, 1929, is another day that lives in infamy. "Black Thursday" launched several days of the most devastating loss the U.S. stock market had seen up until that point. Host David Brancaccio talks with Dallas bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal, and author of the new book "Six Days In October," Karen Blumenthal, about the Crash of 1929 and its relevance for today's investors.
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October 8, 2002
Marketplace host David Brancaccio talks with former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Arthur Levitt about his new book, "Take on the Street," and about the current troubles with corporate misconduct -- and the SEC's struggle to crack down.
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September 24, 2002
Host David Brancaccio talks with author Leon Wynter about the topic of his new book, "American Skin: Pop Culture, Big Business and The End of White America." They discuss America's changing ethnic landscape and how that's now reflected in American commercial and pop culture. Wynter says we're seeing the definition of "whiteness" expanding to include other racial groups.
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May 20, 2002
Sylvia Ann Hewlett's book arguing why career women can't have it all captured the attention of reviewers and those who cover workplace issues. But apparently it has not captured the attention of readers.
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March 18, 2002
With the fate of the Hewlett Packard/ Compaq merger drawing to a close, many HP share holders are unsure of their position. Larry Downes, author of 'The Strategy Machine,' a book about corporate strategies, believes that Hewlett has a good point about combining the cultures of the two companies."
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February 26, 2002
All that glitters isn't necessarily gold. Host David Brancaccio talks with author Mark Kurlansky about the historical value of salt and the origins of such words as salad ("salted greens") or salary ("worth your weight in salt").
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February 20, 2002
In light of the Enron scandal, Goldman Sachs has takem measures to prevent their financial analysts from illegal compensation. Financial journalist Benjamin Mark Cole says there's no legal dividing line. Cole, the author of "The Pied Pipers of Wall Street: How Analysts Will Sell You Out," says that leaves the door open to a clear conflict of interest.
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January 28, 2002
Following the resignation of Enron CEO Kenneth Lays, many are questioning what CEO's really receive their six figure plus paychecks for if not for their management techniques and ethics. Business historian John Steele Gordon argues that in theory there is an equal exchange between the high salaries and the responsibilities of CEO's but in practice, that exchange is rarely a reality. John Steele Gordon is a contributing editor at "American Heritage" magazine and author of the book. "The Great Game: How Wall Street Became a World Power."
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December 31, 2001
It's another sign of Debeers's rapidly disappearing hegemony in the wholesale diamond business. According to Krajick, author of the book "Barren Lands, An Epic Search For Diamonds In The North American Arctic," the Debeers cartel is facing increased competition -- not just potentially from Russia, but from recent diamond discoveries in Canada.
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December 28, 2001
"Stanley Glantz, a Professor of Medicine at University of California San Francisco, and author of "Tobacco Wars," says the Web gives marketing-savvy cigarette makers and even better opportunity to personalize their advertising."
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December 24, 2001
Host David Brancaccio talks with Judy Pancoast, author of "House on Christmas Street," about her book, Christmas and -- his "favorite" topic -- Christmas music.
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October 12, 2001
"Retail consultant Paco Underhill is author of 'Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping.' Like the British during World War Two, he thinks we've put our fears in context. The marketplace is, after all, one of the few places many Americans can socialize.
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September 21, 2001
Some say his book, "Jihad vs. McWorld," and his advice to President Clinton could have prevented the terrorist attacks. A talk with author Benjamin Barber about his push for global democracy and his days as an informal Clinton advisor.
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September 6, 2001
"The Mind of a CEO" author Jeff Garten talks about his recent conversation with Jack Welch and comments on the CEO's legacy.
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September 4, 2001
A chat with author A.K. Crump about his book "Everything I Know About Dating I Learned in Business School."
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August 16, 2001
1990s Moscow felt more like 1880s Tombstone, AZ. David Brancaccio talks with Matthew Brzezinski, the author of "Casino Moscow," about the wild and dangerous post-Communist days in Russia.
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August 10, 2001
"It's not often that timber industry interests and the NRDC find themselves on the same side of an issue. John Audley, a scholar at the Carniage Endowment for International Peace and author of 'A Greener Fast Track: Putting Environmental Protection on the Trade Agenda,' is dubious."
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August 3, 2001
Are rapidly changing new technologies changing the social hierarchy and giving teenagers more power than their parents? Marketplace host David Brown chats with author Michael Lewis about his book "Next: The Future Just Happened."
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July 30, 2001
Barbara Ehrenreich joins the Marketplace Morning Report to talk about making ends meet on minimum wage. In her book, "Nickel and Dimed : On (Not) Getting by in America," Ehrenreich recounts her journalistic experiments in surviving on less than ten dollars an hour in various parts of the country.
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July 25, 2001
Sandra Tsing Loh - the mind behind "A Year in Van Nuys" - Talks about the trials and tribulations of authorhood.
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July 19, 2001
"The Ivory Coast is the source of roughly 40 percent of the world's supply of cocoa...but it is also home to a thriving slave-trade in children. According to both the U.S, State department and Dr. Kevin Bales, author of 'Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy', hundreds if not thousands of young boys are smuggled from Mali and sold into agricultural slavery in the Ivory Coast every year."
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July 18, 2001
"How much could that extra 9 months of patent exclusivity be worth? Plenty - says William Bogner, author of a book on the subject, 'Drugs to Market.' He cites Eli Lilly's drug Prozac - due to go off patent this year."
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July 12, 2001
Thomas H. Naylor, co-author of the book, "Affluenza", speaks with Marketplace host David Brown about the symptoms of this disease: over-consumption, working longer hours, waste and pollution. The author offers up remedies for the multitude of sufferers afflicted with this social illness.
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July 2, 2001
Professor Robert Weil is author of "Red Cat, White Cat: China and the Contradictions of 'Market Socialism.'" He says transformation moves forward in China beyond the power of the party.
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June 27, 2001
James Gleick, author of Faster-the Acceleration of Just About Everything, talks about how much we obsess about time simply because we can. But behind all the worry about time lurks the fear of mortality, so we're driven to try to control time, but it's something we don't own.
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June 6, 2001
Viewing corporations as "persons" - host David Brancaccio interviews Jack Beatty, senior editor at the Atlantic Monthly, and author of Colossus, How the Corporation Changed America. The evolution of the modern corporation - how responsibilities change as demands grow. Do corporations carry social responsibilities beyond fiduciary ones to shareholders? And is the oligopoly feasible in the modern age?
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May 15, 2001
You may remember "Chainsaw" Al Dunlap - the CEO who seemed to embrace his image in the '90s as a poster boy for no-holds-barred cooperate restructuring. Dunlap - who after trimming Scott paper's workforce by 35 percent - went on to write a book called "Mean Business" and to promise Wall Street he would perform an encore at the small appliance company Sunbeam.
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April 25, 2001
Even if you took your daughter to work tomorrow for 'take your daughters to work day,' there's a lot they might not understand about the subtleties of how you do the job you do. Marketplace host David Brancaccio interviews Kathleen Reardon, author of The Secret Handshake.
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April 10, 2001
It may be time to come up with a new phrase. Tomorrow, angry DaimlerChrysler shareholders are expected to gather at the company's annual meeting to call for CEO Jurgen Schrempp to step down. Marketplace's Cheryl Glaser talks with the author of "The Morning After," Stephen Wall.
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March 21, 2001
Weekly magazines are putting the Wall Street bear on their covers- signaling the entrance of the downturn in the stock market to the popular psyche. Michael Mandel, author of the "The Coming Internet Depression" talks to Marketplace host David Brancaccio about what the trend really means. Part of the March 21, 2001 broadcast.

March 15, 2001
Now you've heard of Chapter 11 - that's for businesses. This allows a company to restructure its debts but to stay in business. Before that there was a Chapter 7 - an 1898 that governs bankruptcy for real. 1938 brought the advent of Chapter 13, where debt is restructured but you still have to pay most of it back. Debt historian, David Skeel sheds some insight on this matter. David Skeel is author of "Debt's Dominion: A Political History of Bankruptcy Law in America."
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February 14, 2001
On the perhaps less romantic side of Valentine's Day, an interview with author, Arlene Dubin, of "Prenups for Lovers, a Romantic Guide to Prenuptial Agreements."
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February 1, 2001
Thirty-ninth U.S. president Jimmy Carter's new book, "An Hour Before Daylight" details his life on a farm in Plains, Georgia. Marketplace host David Brancaccio talks to the president about his book, his life, business, globalization, and farming today.
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January 31, 2001
Marketplace host David Brancaccio talks with Thomas Frank, author of "One Market Under God," about economic democracy, and the effect of the latest economic boom on the distribution of wealth in America. Part of the January 31, 2001 broadcast.

January 12, 2001
AOL's transformation into a global media colossus is impressive, given that less than ten years ago AOL was considered a second-rate online service and rivals like Prodigy and CompuServe ruled. America Online made a lot of mistakes, but it did a couple things just right. Kara Swisher, author of AOL.com, points out that Prodigy, for example, was then owned by Sears and IBM, traditional companies whose executives weren't in tune with the Internet's "live and let live" culture." She states, "Prodigy was very worried about censorship - in fact they censored their users. They were worried about porn, they were worried about sex chat. I have a chapter in my book called "The House that Sex Chat Built." And that was AOL, because the users could get on there and talk about whatever they wanted."
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December 27, 2000
When rock stars started to appear on commercial television, the world of U.S. music changed for good. Ed Sullivan, Dick Clark, and other variety show hosts brought a face to the musicians only heard on the radio. Marketplace host David Brancaccio interviews Marc Weingarten about his new book, "Station to Station." Part of the December 27, 2000 broadcast.

November 22, 2000
The new economy has created an enormous amount of wealth over the last few decades... over five million American households now qualify as millionaires. This new affluent class is beginning to face tough questions: like what to do with such good fortune? Dinesh D'Sousa at the American Enterprise Institute recently examined the dynamic of America's new rich in his book "The Virtue of Prosperity." Part of the November 22, 2000 broadcast.

October 24, 2000
Host David Brown speaks with Ralph Acampora, chief technical analyst at Prudential Securities and author of The Fourth Mega-Market. They discuss the history and future of the Dow Jones index, along with America's financial markets in general. Part of the October 24, 2000 broadcast.

September 12, 2000
Building a transcontinental railroad, writes the prolific historian Stephen Ambrose, was second only to the abolition of slavery on Lincoln's presidential agenda. He discusses with host David Brancaccio how researching this book helped change his perception of the "Robber Barons" and the impact they had on our country.
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July 25, 2000
A healthy soul and a healthy pocketbook? You can't separate money from spirituality and psychology. That's what George Kinder, financial advisor, Buddhist teacher and author of The Seven Stages of Money Maturity. He discusses with host David Brancaccio a holistic approach to personal finance.
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July 5, 2000
Host David Brancaccio interviews Rachael Abramowitz, the author of Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?, on the inside stories of female producers and directors who survive in the dog-eat-dog world of the Hollywood studio system.
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June 22, 2000
William Randolph Hearst started his media empire over a hundred years ago, and his legend lives on. Marketplace host David Brancaccio interviews historian David Nasaw on his new biography The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst.
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May 25, 2000
Host David Brancaccio interviews former Wired writer Paulina Borsook about her new book Cyberselfish and her wild days with cyberpunks and anarcho-capitalists in the early eighties when Silicon Valley was still a new place to be.
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May 17, 2000
Marketplace host David Brancaccio speaks with Economist contributors John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge about re-envisioning globalization from a less-politicized stand-point. They are the authors of the new book A Future Perfect.
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May 8, 2000
Early retirement may be easier than you think. Marketplace host David Brancaccio interviews John Wasik, author of Retire Early and Live the Life You Want Now.
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April 6, 2000
Jet Lag, Shopping Malls and the Search for Home. Jack Hamilton reviews The Global Soul, Pico Iyer's new book about how to live in the global village.
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March 16, 2000
Sometimes the best thing for a family business is to get rid of the family. Host David Brancaccio talks with business consultant Quentin Fleming, author of Keep the Family Baggage Out of the Family Business.
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March 10, 2000
Commentator Howard Putnam reviews the new book Lessons from the Top: The Search for America's Best Business Leaders, by Thomas Neff, James Citrin and Paul Brown. Putnam says he's finally found a book that provides insight into what makes business titans tick.
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March 8, 2000
Host David Brancaccio talks with New Yorker Magazine cartoon editor Bob Mankoff about The New Yorker Book of Money Cartoons.
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February 22, 2000
Host Cheryl Glaser gets some inside wisdom from Fortune columnist Stanley Bing, author of What Would Machiavelli Do?. He discusses how to justify the means in the vicious world of business, even if you aren't working at the top.
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February 14, 2000
In the first of a four-part series excerpted from his new book, Squandering Aimlessly, Host David Brancaccio takes a trip through small-town Texas and shows us that some folks are banking on their passions, not their pocket books.
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November 19, 1999
Marketplace's literary critic Jack Hamilton reviews John Larner's book, Marco Polo and the Discovery of the World.
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August 6, 1999
Host Sarah Gardner interviews Cindy Aron, the author of Working at Play: A History of Vacations in the United States, about why Americans feel the need to take work with them when they go on vacation. It's all about guilt.
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July 23, 1999
Michael Lewis, author of Liar's Poker, is a veteran Wall Street watcher. He chats with host David Brancaccio about the culture of Wall Street and of Silicon Valley.
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July 20, 1999
On the 30th anniversary of the moon landing, host David Brancaccio interviews Homer Hickam, author of Rocket Boys and October Moon, about why he believes the U.S. needs a boost for its space program.
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July 16, 1999
Howard Putnam, a former CEO with Braniff and Southwest Airlines, reviews a book by former astronaut Eugene Cernan: Last Man on The Moon.
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July 8, 1999
Can you make good money in the stock market and still take a stand on social issues? Marketplace host David Brancaccio talks with Cliff Feigenbawn and Al Brill about their book, Investing With Your Values.
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June 23, 1999
Marketplace host David Brancaccio interviews Kurt Andersen, author of Turn of The Century, a new satire of the business world that has Wall Street talking.
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June 10, 1999
Marketplace host David Brancaccio and University of Southern California management professor Warren Bennis examine examples of successful co-leaders in top corporations and discuss the growing trend of sharing the top leadership responsibilities in a business. Warren Bennis is author of Co-Leaders: The Power of Great Partnerships.
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May 20, 1999
Marketplace host David Brancaccio talks to marketing guru Seth Godin about his efforts to change the way businesses advertise to their customers. Godin is Vice President of Direct Marketing at Yahoo! and author of the book Permission Marketing.
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April 27, 1999
Marketplace host David Brancaccio talks with Louisiana State University Journalism School dean John Maxwell Hamilton about T.R. Reid's new book, Confucius Lives Next Door, and what East Asian traditions can teach us about coping with a tough economy.
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April 23, 1999
Marketplace host David Brancaccio and former New York Times executive editor Max Frankel explore the media's coverage of the infamous school shooting in Colorado and its implications. Frankel is author of the book, The Times of My Life and My Life With the Times.
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April 22, 1999
Today, patents are being awarded for ideas and not just inventions. Marketplace host David Brancaccio talks to Seth Shulman, author of Owning the Future, about this trend and its implications for the free exchange of knowledge.
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February 23, 1999
Marketplace host David Brancaccio talks with Wharton professor Michael Useem, author of The Leadership Moment, about what his business students learned from a trip to the historic battlegrounds of Gettysburg.
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February 22, 1999
Marketplace host David Brancaccio talks to Louisiana State University Journalism School dean John Maxwell Hamilton about Neil A. Gershenfelds new book When Things Start to Think.
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January 28, 1999
Marketplace host David Brancaccio talks with former Federal Reserve Board governor Lawrence Lindsey about his experience and observations at the organization. Lindsey is the author of Economic Puppetmasters: Lessons from the Halls of Power.
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January 21, 1999
Once again, the world is faced with instability in some emerging markets, capital flight and currency devaluations. Marketplace host David Brancaccio talks with economist Paul Krugman, author of The Return of Depression Economics, about whether we've forgotten some important lesssons of the Great Depression.
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January 14, 1999
Marketplace host David Brancaccio and Louisiana State University Manship School of Journalism dean John Maxwell Hamilton review the book The Good Citizen: A History Of American Civic Life, by Michael Schudson.
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January 7, 1999
Marketplace host David Brancaccio talks with The Brookings Institution's Stephen Schwartz about the costs of America's nuclear weapons program. Schwartz is the author of Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Since 1940.
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