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Millennium Bank a Ponzi scheme

Mar 27, 2009
We had received many emails from listeners intrigued by high yields on CDs offered by Millennium Bank in the Caribbean. We didn't like it. It was...

Fiscal stimulus managers?

Mar 26, 2009
The quality of management matters. One of the disturbing aspects of the Iraqi rebuilding projects was incompetent management. Far too many of the...

Low-income student loan debts

Mar 25, 2009
After our joint Marketplace/American Radio Works trip to Muncie to report on poverty, I suspected that the average cumulative student loan debt...

What inflation?

Mar 24, 2009
James Montier is an economist and global strategist, and very smart. In a recent newsletter on inflation and deflation he looked at TIPS, Treasury...

The new face of poverty

Mar 24, 2009
In reporting on poverty in Memphis, Chicago and Muncie it struck me that there may be a change in the nature of poverty. It's striking how well...

The Geithner plan

Mar 23, 2009
On the face of it, the Geithner plan is a disappointment. Economist Paul Krugman is right: It's really just another version of the proposal put...

Middletown, USA

Mar 19, 2009
We're in Muncie, Indiana. Marketplace and American Radio Works are working together on an hour long documentary on Muncie....

For public good, not for profit.

A good move by the Fed

Mar 19, 2009
I'm in Muncie, Indiana doing some reporting on the impact of the economic downturn. The "throw the kitchen sink" plan by the Fed to stem the...

AIG rage and the economy

Mar 17, 2009
I was on Midday this morning to talk about AIG and the economy with host Gary Eichten and economics professor Louis Johnson. The Federal Reserve...

Good question

Mar 16, 2009
Peter Morici is a professor at the Smith School of Business, University of Maryland School. He asks about those AIG bonuses:...