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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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Barry Eichengreen on the Dollar's Dominance as the World's Reserve Currency, and Why It Matters
UC Berkeley professor Barry Eichengreen speaks with Economy 4.0 special correspondent David Brancaccio about what the dollar as the world's reserve currency means for an average factory worker in the U.S. Eichengreen is the author of "Exorbitant Privilege:The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System," published by Oxford University Press. http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Economics/International/?view=usa&ci=9780199753789Published 10 months ago
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Barry Eichengreen Predicts Three Reserve Currencies to Replace the Dollar
BUC Berkeley professor Barry Eichengreen speaks with Economy 4.0 special correspondent David Brancaccio about what the will replace the dollar as the world's reserve currency. Eichengreen is the author of "Exorbitant Privilege:The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System," published by Oxford University Press. http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Economics/International/?view=usa&ci=9780199753789Published 10 months ago
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Double-dip recession?
With the government borrowing even more money, and pushing America's debt levels sky high, there's a lot of talk about a double-dip recession. Paddy Hirsch explains what a double dip is, and what it might look like.Published 1 year ago
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Uncle Ben goes shopping
The Federal Reserve is trying to stimulate the economy by buying billions of dollars worth of bonds from banks. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains how that's supposed to workPublished 1 year ago
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Marketplace Minute 08/20
Bill gets a little help this week from a listener. And tackles fertilizer, jobless claims, olive oil and the oil spill.Published 1 year ago
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Google Alarm Demonstration
Marketplace's Kai Ryssdal demonstrates the new web browser add-on, Google Alarm, which sounds an alarm when a website is collecting your data.http://fffff.at/google-alarm/
Published 1 year ago
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Bankers go head to head over Tier 1 capital
Tier 1 capital is the money that's at the core of every bank. But, like everything else in banking, it's subject to definition, and bankers still can't agree on the terms. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains.Published 1 year ago
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Shadow banking: still big, still dangerous
The part of the financial system that lends the most money to Americans remains almost untouched by regulation. It's shadow banking, as Paddy Hirsch explains.Published 1 year ago
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Market makers, stub quotes and new SEC rules
The Securities and Exchange Commission wants to make equity markets safer by pushing market makers to tighten up their standards, and stop making so-called stub quotes. Paddy Hirsch explains.Published 1 year ago
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Currency pegs
Pressure from the US may have pushed China to unpeg its currency from the dollar this week. But how did that peg work in the first place? Paddy Hirsch explains.Published 1 year ago
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Marketplace Minute with Bill Radke, 5/28
This week: BP oil spill, the Continental/United merger, Spain's spending cuts, Sex and the City 2, and Apple versus Microsoft.Published 1 year ago
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Why investors are suing the banks
It all comes down to a little thing called fiduciary responsibility. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains what a fiduciary is, and what his or her duties are.Published 1 year ago
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Counterparty risk
Europe is teetering on the edge of a credit crisis, and markets all around the world are tumbling as investors worry about contagion.Its all about banks not trusting each other, as Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains.
Published 1 year ago
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SEC goes after Goldman
Lots of people are puzzling through the SECs fraud allegations against Goldman Sachs, trying to work out how it allegedly committed fraud. The way Paddy Hirsch sees it, its a bit like a bookie and gambler teaming up to fix a horse race.Published 1 year ago
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