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Friday, April 4, 2008

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Our first house

Judy and Richard Lee (Homesick)

With all the negative housing news, a glimmer of hope: falling prices mean many people can now afford a new home. We meet a couple moving into their first house this weekend.

New homeowners Judy and Richard Lee at their eighth wedding anniversary. (Judy and Richard Lee)

More on Housing - Real Estate

Music From This Show

  • There's No Place Like Home Les Paul & Mary Ford Buy
  • Going Home Luna Buy
  • Little Boxes Malvina Reynolds Buy
  • Pink Houses John Mellencamp Buy
  • Flying Home Lionel Hampton Buy
  • Home Public Image Ltd. Buy
  • Take Me Home Phil Collins Buy

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

Marketplace is now available in iTunes U, Apple's online education platform. Get free, downloadable content in subjects like History, Science, Business and more. Study up

Sustainability

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

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