Angela Merkel defends Euro-unity
Jim Ellis talks with Bloomberg BusinessWeek's Peter Coy about this week's cover story on German...
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Ireland, once the economic superstar of Europe, may be going the way of Greece
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Don't Play Play Chicken With the Debt Ceiling
If Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling, the U.S. begins defaulting - and all hell breaks...
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Joe Minarik - Macroeconomic Perspective on the Budget Deficit
Where is the United States economy and budget going? How can the U.S. stop accumulating debt at...
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Why the Debt Crisis Is Even Worse Than You Think
If Washington is deadlocked now, how will it deal with the much bigger debt problems that lurk in...
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How anarchist David Graeber helped a rally become a global force. Also: OWS isn't a hippie thing..
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Fixing the Economy and Saving a Union
In this episode of labor lines we discuss some of the greater problems that plague the economy...
#491: The Debt Ceiling, Obamacare And Welfare
On today's show: Three ripped-from-the-headlines stories from Planet Money.What A U.S. Default...
#365: We're Headed For A Fiscal Cliff. Should We Jump?
Like most central bank chiefs, Ben Bernanke tends toward understatement. But when he testified...
#359: He Tried To Save A Broke City. Then He Disappeared.
David Unkovic is a thoughtful, mild-mannered guy who was appointed to save Harrisburg, Pa. The...
#353: How Europe Saved Itself. For Now.
Today's show, in three bullet points:How the European Central Bank finally used its super...
It seems unlikely that Greece will be able to avoid defaulting on its loans. The real question is...
#305: When Congress Plays Chicken
In a classic game of chicken, two cars race toward each other. The loser is the person who...
#291: How Much Debt Is Too Much?
Say you're a country with a decent-size national debt. Everything's going fine: Investors are...
#273: When The U.S. Paid Off The Entire National Debt
On today's Planet Money: The legend of the national debt. Where the debt came from, what happened...
#268: The Island That Ran Out Of Money
Iceland — the whole country — has about as many people as Lexington, Kentucky. It also has its...
#231 Planet Money: Too Big To Save
In the teeth of the financial crisis, the government of Ireland decided to issue a blanket...
#182 Planet Money: What If Everybody Chipped In To Pay Off the National Debt?
Back in the '80s, Kay Fishburn had a dream: Americans would band together and make voluntary...
#178 Planet Money: Inside A Payday Loan Shop
During the credit boom, lots of payday loan stores sprang up in Mansfield, Ohio. You'd expect...
#176 Planet Money: Athens And The Bond Kings Of Newport Beach
In Athens, everybody has a story about how easy it was to borrow money after Greece joined the...
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