Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/21/world/venezuela-hot-dog
Summary: Marketplace breaks down the complexities of the Venezuelan economy using the local pepito as a metaphor to explore inflation and the impacts of an oil-dependent economy.
Original Air Date: March 23, 2016
Length: 3 minutes 16 seconds
Summary: When the economy expands, there is an increase in economic activity that is fueled by the consumption of more energy (fossil fuels). How can global leaders commit to a lower carbon footprint and deliver on their promise for economic growth? The price of renewable energy needs to be lower to make it more attractive and the price of fossil fuels should be higher to reflect its environmental cost through policy.
Original Air Date: March 18, 2016
Length: 2 minutes and 32 seconds
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/24/world/new-approach-increasing-low-income-college-grads
Summary: Taxpayers are spending about $30 billion a year to help send low-income students to college, but only half of these students finish college within six years. College graduates are more likely to hold jobs and earn a higher wage than those who don’t. The federal government is beginning to take a closer look at Pell grant recipients to track their success, in hopes of improving future recipients chances of graduating college.
Original Air Date: March 24, 2016
Length: 2 minutes 41 seconds
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/28/world/why-have-14-million-prime-age-men-dropped-out-work
Summary: About 1.4 million men, ages ranging from 25-54, have left the workforce since even before the Great Recession began. Looking at data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the most common reason for leaving the workforce has been being ill or disabled. Economist William Rodgers discussed the obstacles to their rejoining the workforce.
Original Air Date: March 28, 2016
Length: 2 minutes 50 seconds
Link: http://http://www.marketplace.org/2016/02/25/tech/can-you-encrypt-data-then-ive-got-job-you
Summary: With the growing threat of cyber security, individuals with expertise in security and encryption are in high demand from financial, health, automobile, and tech industries.
Original Air Date: February 25, 2016
Length: 3:55
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/02/29/world/grocey-chain-kroger-banks-innovation
Summary: Kroger, a supermarket giant, seeks to reach out to a younger generation of shoppers through the sales of fresh foods while using new technologies to create the perfect price.
Original Air Date: March 3, 2016
Length: 1 minute 23 seconds
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/02/11/tech/fido-and-his-fitbit-will-pet-wearables-take
Summary: Would you want to quantify your dog’s daily routine? The Marketplace team explores the young and growing market for pet activity trackers, and how that data could benefit pet owners.
Original date aired: February 18, 2016
Length: 4 minutes
Link: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/11/04/454698093/episode-661-the-less-deadly-catch
Summary: The Planet Money team investigates a regulation the Alaskan government implemented to make fishing less frantic and more efficient.
Original Air Date: November 4, 2015
Length: 18 minutes 11 seconds
Link: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/11/13/455941812/episode-663-money-trees
Summary: The Planet Money team investigates ‘carbon offsetting’ and the good it does for the environment as well as the pros and cons that accompany it.
Original Air Date: November 16, 2015
Length: 17 minutes 52 seconds
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