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Friday, March 14, 2008

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Day in the Work Life: Irish carpenter

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On this week's "A Day in the Work Life," in honor of St. Patrick's Day, we check in with an Irish woodworker in California.

Irish carpenter Gabriel McKeagney (Caitlan Carroll)

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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..."

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Conversations from the Corner Office

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

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Intimate profiles of workers in the global economy.

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

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