Over the past 10 months, EconomyStory.org has featured some of the most poignant, informative and visual stories about communities coping in the ongoing crisis. These stories are what make public media stand out – the voices featured from around the country and the innovative ideas that have inspired news stories. It’s been so exciting to [...]
Now that you’ve paid your taxes, where is all that money going? KQED’s YouDecide tool lets you answer a poll about whether your money is being well spent, and shares data about where the money really goes. It turns out that in three major categories – defense, health care and education – we direct more [...]
Is the housing crisis over? While it may appear that prices have hit bottom, for those caught in the mortgage crisis, the nightmare seems far from over and others are holding back while the economy remains unsteady. Financial journalist Terri Cullen writes at Nightly Business Report that a second “double dip” in the housing crisis [...]
Last week, liberal talk radio network Air America announced it would go off the air. Was it just another victim of the struggling economy, or were there other factors at play? At its core, Air America was an experiment in how the left could counter the right’s hold on talk radio, and as Marketplace’s Amy [...]
From Twitter NPR: Economy Nightly Business Report Marketplace Business Desk Unknown FeedReporters and producers from around the country are attending "economy bootcamps" to understand the current downturn.
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