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Why does the EU want US dollars?
Marketplace Money Senior Producer Paddy Hirsch explains why Europe need dollars instead of euros as the EU tries to sort out their financial problems.More Whiteboard: www.marketplace.org/whiteboard
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Ring fencing
"Ring fence" is the latest economic buzzword. Some analysts say we should ring fence troubled nations in Europe, like France, Italy, and Spain. But what does that mean? Marketplace's Paddy Hirsch explains.More stories at marketplace.org/whiteboard
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The root of Italy's problems
Italy has carried a heavy debt for many years. So why is it stumbling now? Marketplace senior editor Paddy Hirsch explains.More stories at marketplace.org/whiteboard
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Steve's 50% haircut
Marketplace Morning Report host Steve Chiotakis and Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch went to Bolt Barber Shop in Los Angeles to talk about what the Greek loan haircut is. In this video, he shows you the difference between a loan haircut and a real haircut.More stories at: www.marketplace.org
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Haircut: More dangerous than it sounds
If Greece accepts the terms of a new aid package it's expected to get a haircut on its debt. But Marketplace Sr. Editor Paddy Hirsch explains why that haircut is more like a scalping -- and it's not Greece that will suffer the pain.More Whiteboard at: www.marketplace.org/whiteboard
Published 3 months ago
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Why expsoure isn't always bad
Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains why exposure -- whether to European sovereign debt or to the sun -- is not always a bad thing.More Whiteboard at: www.marketplace.org/whiteboard
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Where do companies keep their cash?
Companies are hoarding cash -- to cushion themselves if the economy worsens. But where do they keep all that money? Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains.Published 4 months ago
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Why do European banks need dollars?
European banks need money. Specifically, they need dollars. But why? They have their own money, so why do they need ours? Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains.Published 4 months ago
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Lehman Brothers...three years on
Lehman Brothers collapsed three years ago today, and nearly brought the entire financial system down with it. But Lehman wasn't the first casualty of the financial crisis. Six months earlier, Bear Stearns gave the world a preview of what was to happen to Lehman. To understand what took down Lehman, you first have to understand what brought down the Bear. Script and narration: Paddy Hirsch (paddyhirsch) Images and animation: comics journalist Dan Archer (@archcomix) Videographer and editor Angela Kim (@angelaishere) To see Dan Archer's comic strip on the chronology of the financial crisis at Marketplace: www.marketplace.org/whiteboard For Dan Archer's website, Archcomix: www.archcomix.com/Published 4 months ago
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Oh The Jobs (Debt?) You'll Create!
Hobbs is a fictional city whose mayor has a very real problem: How will he implement his scheme to bring in good clean health care jobs when every other American city is trying to do the same? How far will he go to nab those fabled 'medical tourists?' And what will this medical arms race do to our insurance premiums and taxes? At the crossroads of our big debate about job growth and our big debate about healthcare debt, the public radio show Marketplace brings this animated short inspired by Dr Suess and composed by senior health care reporter Gregory Warner. Learn how local politicians seeking job growth may encourage hospital over-expansion, driving up our insurance premiums and taxes and even creating a health care jobs bubble. Learn more at www.marketplace.org Follow Gregory on twitter @radiogregoPublished 4 months ago
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What is a Yield Curve?
If you've been following what the Federal Reserve is doing with the interest rate, you have probably heard them talk about the yield curve. Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains what the curve is and what happens if it gets flattened. For more stories: marketplace.org/whiteboardPublished 4 months ago
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Fiscal and Monetary Policy
Often conflated, often confused, fiscal and monetary policies take very different approaches to influence the economy. And use two very different departments: the government and the Fed. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains.Published 5 months ago
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What's up... with natural disasters as stimulus?
Hurricane Irene is bearing down on the east coast, which got Marketplace Reporter Adriene Hill wondering what natural disasters and the rebuilding that follows mean to the economy. She turns to Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch for the answer.Published 5 months ago
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What's up... with Warren Buffett?
Investor Warren Buffett announced a massive investment in Bank of America today and the market responded. Marketplace Reporter Adriene Hill asks Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch whether Warren Buffett is his own economic indicator. For more stories: www.marketplace.orgPublished 5 months ago
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