Jobs IRLDecoding DemocracyA Warmer WorldI've Always Wondered ...

Loading...

0:00
0% played
ABOUT SHOW
Marketplace Money for Friday, August 13, 2010
Aug 13, 2010

Marketplace Money for Friday, August 13, 2010

Share Now on:
Share
HTML EMBED:
COPY
HTML EMBED
Download

Marketplace Money for Friday, August 13, 2010

Segments From this episode

Some retirees living from Social Security check to Social Security check

by Marketplace Staff
Aug 13, 2010
Nearly 15 percent of retirees depend on a Social Security check as their sole source of income. Reporter Peter O'Dowd talks to seniors in Arizona about getting by with just Social Security.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

How to save if you're retiring at 70

by Marketplace Staff
Aug 13, 2010
Tess Vigeland talks to Dr. Christian Weller, a Social Security expert, on how raising the retirement age would affect how people plan and save for retirement.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

Forget 65, Americans should retire earlier

by Chris Farrell
Aug 13, 2010
Marketplace's Economics Editor Chris Farrell argues that retirement age can be lowered -- without ruining the Social Security system.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

Getting personal: Supplementing retirement, college costs

by Marketplace Staff
Aug 13, 2010
Tess Vigeland and Kathy Kristof from CBS Moneywatch.com answer listener questions on how to invest to supplement retirement in the future, how much to help a child out with college costs and how to dig yourself out of college debt.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

Taking time off for 'crisis tourism'

by Rico Gagliano
Aug 13, 2010
Drug wars, worker strikes -- The stuff you see on the TV news is not exactly what you want to see on your vacation. But even still, people were taking vacations to Mexico and Greece -- at a significant discount.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

Fulfilling a desire through erotic writing

by Marketplace Staff
Aug 13, 2010
Sean McNeely is currently a cube drone and hating every minute of it. But he found his exit when someone asked him to edit an erotic story...
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
BP Spill: Ripples

Did the BP oil spill curb your petroleum habit?

by Marketplace Staff
Aug 13, 2010
Tess Vigeland talks to Marketplace's Krissy Clark about whether weeks of watching oil gush into the Gulf had any effect on Americans' oil habit.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

Cornbread Millionaire is $3,000 closer to goal

by Marketplace Staff
Aug 13, 2010
Tess Vigeland follows up with Beverly Davis, who is trying to save her Georgia home that went into foreclosure through selling cornbread mix and now t-shirts.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
Hosted by Kai Ryssdal
Get the Podcast

Marketplace Money for Friday, August 13, 2010

Latest Episodes From Our Shows

Jun 12, 2024
6:45
Jun 12, 2024
8:07
Jun 11, 2024
33:23
Jun 11, 2024
27:51
Jun 11, 2024
1:05
Jun 7, 2024
2:00
May 28, 2024
28:14
Is pet insurance worth the high premiums?
Is pet insurance worth the high premiums?
Report shows why some kids are struggling at school
Report shows why some kids are struggling at school
After last year's Pride backlash, many brands back away from trans-inclusive campaigns
After last year's Pride backlash, many brands back away from trans-inclusive campaigns
The clean energy boom is a rural jobs bonanza
The clean energy boom is a rural jobs bonanza