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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

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Dinner and economics at the table

Melissa McKibbin and her mom, Melodee Landis

The next stop on our Road to Ruin is Lincoln, Nebraska, where Marketplace Money host Tess Vigeland Marketplace Money had dinner and a spirited economic discussion with three generations of the Landis-McKibbin family.

From left: Melissa McKibbin and her mom, Melodee Landis (Tess Vigeland)

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  • By jeff apodaca

    From huntington beach, CA, 10/08/2008

    On the BBC website is an interview with Russell Bickell who worked on Wall Street during the 1929 crash. He says today's melt down is very similar to what happened then.

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