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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)
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 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)
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)
The warning that went unheeded
In the 1990s, most people didn't know the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's chairman was warning about derivatives and being ignored. Frontline's Michael Kirk reports on Brooksley Born's fight against Washington's economic establishment. (10/20/2009)
What do corporate profits mean for us?
Pfizer, Caterpillar, Wells Fargo and DuPont are among companies reporting better-than-expected profits this quarter. Analysts say there are more to come. Does good news for corporations mean a recovering economy? Alisa Roth reports. (10/20/2009)
Weak dollar may help multinationals
Apple's earnings topped Wall Street forecasts, but it says the weak dollar didn't help. Reporter Jeremy Hobson talks with Bill Radke about how a number of companies reporting earnings might tell a different story. (10/20/2009)
Is this crisis different? Not really
Why didn't more people see the current financial crisis coming? It's not the first financial meltdown the world has seen. Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff has a new book with Carmen Reinhart that addresses that question. He talks with Kai Ryssdal. (10/19/2009)
Is government letting dollar weaken?
Obama administration officials are talking about the importance of a strong greenback. But people in the currency markets say it's pretty obvious the White House is saying one thing while doing another. Bob Moon reports. (10/16/2009)
House could make Fed open books
When the Fed bought trillions of dollars worth of assets and debt from struggling banks, it never divulged where the money went. Next week, the House Financial Services Committee will vote on whether to change that. John Dimsdale reports. (10/16/2009)
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