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The Weekly Wrap

Kai Ryssdal talks with Felix Salmon from Reuters and Leigh Gallagher from Fortune magazine to make some sense of the week on Wall Street and beyond. (11/06/2009)

Charles Handy

Need work? Trying making your own.

How do you find a job in today's economy when most companies aren't hiring and few jobs are being created? Commentator Charles Handy says the thing to do is make your own work. (11/06/2009)

Mary Diaz, left, and Gina Felix at job fair.

Job losses keep going and going . . .

Pretty much any way you look at it, we're in the worst job market this country has seen in 26 years. The unemployment rate hit 10.2% in October, and silver linings are hard to find. Steve Henn reports. (11/06/2009)

Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) speaks on Capitol Hill

Will financial regulation really help?

The House Financial Services Committee started amending the Financial Stability Improvement Act today. But some are left wondering whether anything Congress does will make a real difference. John Dimsdale reports. (11/04/2009)

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A formulaic approach to GDP

That may seem like a head-scratcher, but this formula for Gross Domestic Product is actually pretty simple. Bob Moon explains. (10/29/2009)

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Why should we care about GDP?

The government's expected to announce that U.S. Gross Domestic Product grew more than 3 percent in the third quarter. If those estimates hold up, economists say the recession has technically ended. But does GDP really matter? Rico Gagliano reports. (10/28/2009)

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Suffering from a case of 'luxury guilt?'

If you're fortunate enough to be able to buy something nice for yourself, despite the recession, do you do it? Bob Moon looks into something dubbed "luxury guilt." (10/23/2009)

Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

Getting deep into 'SuperFreakonomics'

In "Freakonomics," journalist Stephen Dubner and economist Steven Leavitt explored economics and human behavior. Kai Ryssdal talks to the two about their sequel, which applies the law of unintended consequences to prostitutes and global warming. (10/22/2009)

A homeless man eating hot soup.

A new way to measure the poverty line

The Census Bureau reports 47 million people in the U.S. live below the poverty line -- 7 million more than the official government estimate. Kai Ryssdal talks to professor Sheldon Danzinger about why we need to gauge poverty differently in a new era. (10/21/2009)

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Wall Street won't cooperate with reform

Hugh Johnson, chief economist from Johnson Illington Advisors, talks with Bill Radke about what corporate profits hit the most impact and what President Obama wants to get out of Wall Street. (10/21/2009)

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