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Marketplace All-in-One Marketplace
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Marketplace® is the leading business news program in the nation. We bring you clear explorations of how economic news affects you, through stories, conversations, newsworthy numbers and more. The Marketplace All-in-One podcast provides each episode of the public radio broadcast programs Marketplace, Marketplace Morning Report®and Marketplace Tech® along with our podcasts Make Me Smart, Corner Office and The Uncertain Hour. Visit marketplace.org for more. From American Public Media. Twitter: @Marketplace
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Markets steady
Markets were steady; Initial jobless claims rise; European Central Bank lowers rates; AI companies investigated.
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Solar power generation hits milestone in U.S.
The U.S. added a record amount of new solar energy generation, an industry report says; European Central Bank lowers its key interest rate; initial jobless claims inch up to 229,000; Nvidia overtakes Apple as second most valuable company in the world.
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Why 401(k) plans aren’t equitable
A new report out of investment advisor Vanguard finds that more than 40% of employer matches go to the richest 20% of workers — and it’s not just because they have the highest salaries. We’ll discuss the problems with the 401(k) model and hear a potential fix. Plus, St. Louis is grappling with a “real estate doom loop.” How did it get there and how might it get out?
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What Trump, the businessman, can and can’t do as Trump, the felon
It’s been one week since former President Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 felony charges of falsifying business records to influence the 2016 election. So what’s to become of the publicly traded company he heads, Trump Media and Technology Group? Can a convicted felon legally be a principal of a publicly traded company? We discuss. Also on the show; Nvidia stock, congestion pricing and wage growth.
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Russia’s economic contradiction
From the BBC World Service: Vladimir Putin is hosting the International Economic Forum. There’s a bit of a contradiction there: Despite being the most sanctioned country in the world, Russia’s economy is set to grow faster than all advanced economies this year. Also, Gen Z is posing a challenge for alcohol companies. And later, tourism officials in Henan, China, admitted the famous Yuntai Falls use hidden water pipes to boost the flow.
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Deepfake detectors promise to tell truth from AI-generated fiction. Do they work?
Telling truth from fiction online has become a lot harder since the AI boom kicked off a year and a half ago. An estimated 40 deepfake detection startups say they have a solution, but so far none can deliver 100% reliable detection. One organization taking on the challenge is TrueMedia.org. Marketplace’s Lily Jamali spoke with Oren Etzioni, its founder and longtime AI researcher, about what sets his organization’s system apart from the rest.
Customer Reviews
High price of cheap clothes
Is the employer also being prosecuted for hiring illegal employees? Are the workers being prosecuted for using false papers and living here illegally? This is the chicken and the egg of broken laws.
“Stolen River” steals the show
A brilliant story on water issues that artfully combines down-to-earth personal experience, science, history, and economics both local and national. A tour de force. Waiting for more.
Leaning left
I used to love NPR because I felt that they were more bipartisan than most news outlets. Lately it seems that NPR leans heavily left. I’ll be looking for another outlet that does a better job of reporting the news, not newscaster’s opinions.