Summary: Marketplace looks at the shadow banking system of providers of personal, auto and some mortgage loans,and the role these non banks have played since the financial crisis of 2008.
Original Air Date: April 12, 2016
Length: 1 minute 25 seconds
While major U.S. banks are cleaning up their books, the shadow banking system is dirtying its hands Leave a comment
Utility companies to stockpile $8 million spare parts in case of disaster Leave a comment
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/04/08/world/spare-parts
Summary: Several major utility companies are pooling their resources to create a company called Grid Assurance. Grid Assurance is designed to stockpile repair parts to protect against the chances of a grid disaster.
Original Air Date: April , 2016
Length: 2 minutes 6 seconds
Brave’s new browser sets newspaper publishers on edge Leave a comment
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/04/08/world/brave-new-browser-sets-newspaper-publishers-edge
Summary: Marketplace explores the consequences Brave software’s ad blocking browser has on websites, specifically newspaper outlets that depends on ads for revenue.
Original Air Date: April 8, 2016
Length: 2 minutes 15 seconds
Happy Saudi cows eat California alfalfa Leave a comment
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/28/world/happy-saudi-cows-eating-california-alfalfa
Summary: A Saudi dairy company, Almarai, bought a total of 14,000 acres of land across Arizona and California with the intentions of growing alfalfa, a water intensive crop. Almarai plans to export the U.S. grown alfalfa back to Saudi Arabia to be used as fodder.
Original Air Date: April 6, 2016
Length: 2 minutes 22 seconds
FTC fights against new strategy for delaying generics Leave a comment
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/31/health-care/ftc-fights-against-new-strategy-delaying-generics
Summary: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has brought an important case against ‘pay-for-delay schemes’, seeking to show that non-monetary deals between pharmaceutical companies inhibit the market from functioning properly. More importantly, they seek to demonstrate that these deals are illegal.
Original Air Date: April 1, 2016
Length: 2 minutes 10 seconds
Where Poor Kids Grow Up Makes A Huge Difference
Summary: The Planet Money team investigates the benefits associated with providing housing vouchers to families living in public housing.
Original Air Date: May 4, 2015
Length: 4 minutes 13 seconds
What do young buyers want in an auto, anyway? Leave a comment
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/02/17/business/auto-show
Summary: At the 2016 Chicago Auto Show, the Marketplace team looks at the demand of the millennials and the response from the auto industry. Millennials are pragmatic and tech savvy. Toyota cannot sell its Scion brand and changes strategy to accommodate consumers that make up a third of the US auto market.
Original Air Date: February 19, 2016
Length: 4 minutes and 2 seconds
Government seeks to improve patient access to records Leave a comment
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/02/09/health-care/goverment-seeks-improve-paitient-access-records
Summary: Is providing access to medical records a regulatory burden or essential to streamlining healthcare? The Marketplace team looks at explicit and implicit costs of requesting medical information for both the patient and the healthcare provider.
Original Air Date: February 9, 2016
Length: 4 mins 8 seconds
For our future, someone has to think about dirt Leave a comment
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/28/world/our-future-someone-has-think-about-dirt
Summary: Nitrate pollution and soil erosion are common concerns when it comes to growing soy and corn. These crops are generally grown in the U.S. because farmers usually have an abundance of economic incentives such as crop insurance and the ethanol mandate, encouraging them to do so.
Original Air Date: March 29, 2016
Length: 3 minutes 44 seconds
Georgia school focuses on skills local employers say they need Leave a comment
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/10/education/school-focuses-skills-local-employers-say-they-need
Summary: Schools are shifting away from offering technical classes at a time when industries are more in demand of high skilled technical workers than ever before.
Original Air Date: April 1, 2016
Length: 2 minutes 17 seconds
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