Fallout: The Financial Crisis
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Is there still time for sweeping reform?
Sep 14, 2009
University of Missouri Professor William Black talks with Kai Ryssdal about what kind of financial system reform we've seen so far, what changes the president is proposing, and what happens if no reform comes about.
What Obama wants for financial reform
Sep 14, 2009
Nearly a year after Lehman Brothers came crashing down, President Obama urged Congress to move on stalled regulatory reforms of the nation's financial system. John Dimsdale reports.
Eurozone recession coming to close
Sep 14, 2009
Earlier today, the European Commission predicted the recession in the E.U. and the Eurozone will end in the third quarter of this year. But there's still a great deal of uncertainty towards economic growth. Christopher Werth reports.
What Wall Street wants to hear now
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Alisa Roth
Sep 14, 2009
President Obama will speak on Wall Street about what his administration has done to solve the crisis so far and what else needs to be done. Alisa Roth talks to financial experts about what investors might be listening for specifically.
Wall Street one year after Lehman
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Amy Scott
Sep 14, 2009
Not everything has changed on Wall Street since the fall of Lehman Brothers. Marketplace's Amy Scott talks to Bill Radke about how some of the big banks have changed and where it's business as usual after a dramatic economic year.
Where's financial system regulation?
Sep 11, 2009
White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers talks with Kai Ryssdal about what the Obama administration has done so far about the financial crisis, and what it plans to do to keep it from happening again.
Vermont bank invests in staying small
Sep 11, 2009
The National Bank of Orwell in Vermont is one of the smallest banks in the nation with just 5,000 customer accounts. But for almost 200 years it's played a big role in its tiny community. Jane Lindholm reports.
For public good, not for profit.
Will gov't get out of bank business?
Sep 11, 2009
Steve Chiotakis talks to Juli Niemann from Smith, Moore and Company and Marketplace's John Dimsdale about consumer sentiment and President Obama's upcoming speech to Wall Street on economic recovery.
Bailout cost U.S. $10K per head
Sep 11, 2009
The BBC says that the G20 group of countries shelled out $10.8 trillion bailing out global economies. The U.S. spent the most overall: $3.6 trillion, breaking down to $10,000 for every single American. Stephen Beard reports.
Economic rescue will wind down
Sep 11, 2009
President Obama is expected to tell Wall Street Monday that the government will start winding down its rescue efforts, echoing a similar message Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner delivered yesterday. John Dimsdale reports.