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Friday, September 30, 2005

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A sunny harvest

sunflowers

Despite the troubles farmers have had in the midwest this summer, one group of family farmers is sitting pretty. Carl Marziali explains.

sunflowers (photo Thomas Hawk via Flickr)

Marketplace Confessional

"Will makes a great argument. The hostile reception, as indicated by the comments, should be unsurprising. If people actually understood how much immigration has historically benefited us then we wouldn't have the type of protectionist immigration laws we have. If the borders were opened one might see a drop in wages, but considering there would be a correlative drop in prices, it's doubtful there would be an overall harm and most likely considerable benefit..."

The Specials

Conversations from the Corner Office

Marketplace goes one-on-one with CEOs, company founders, head honchos...

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Working

Intimate profiles of workers in the global economy.

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Consumer Consequences game

Find out what the world would look like if everyone lived like you. An interactive game from American Public Media.

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Marketplace on iTunes U

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Sustainability

What is "sustainability?" It boils down to this: Don't eat your seed corn.

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