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Is hosting the super bowl worth it?
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/02/03/146363292/the-friday-podcast-is-hosting-the-super-bowl-worth-it Categories: Economic impact analysis, Government, sports economics, urban economics...
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How Deep Is the Shadow Economy?
Link: http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/08/30/how-deep-is-the-shadow-economy-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/ Summary: Freakeconomics radio interviews Sudhir Vankatesh about the size of the shadow...
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How To Make It In The Food Truck Business
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/04/25/151365350/how-to-make-it-in-the-food-truck-business Summary: NPR sheds light on the competitive market economy of the food truck business in Manhattan,....
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How Much Is A Firefighter Worth?
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/12/18/167265874/episode-424-how-much-is-a-firefighter-worth Summary: A look at how changing building codes, etc. have changed the risk of fires and so impacted...
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The Failure Tour Of New York
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/09/04/160555540/episode-279-the-failure-tour-of-new-york Summary: Economist Tim Harford, senior columnist for the Financial Times, argues that failure is...
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Four In One
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/09/11/160959685/episode-401-four-in-one Summary: NPR visit Manhattan New York, Brooklyn New York, Germany and the moon in this four-story podcast to consider:...
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Why Cities Rock
Link: http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/02/18/freakonomics-radio-why-cities-rock/ Summary: Edward Glaeser, professor of Economics at Harvad University and author of the book Triumph of the City: How Our...
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Parking is Hell
Link: http://www.freakonomics.com/2013/03/13/parking-is-hell-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/ Summary: Interview with Professor of Urban Planning, Donald Shoup, author of The High Cost of Free Parking...
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A Shrinking City Knocks Down Neighborhoods
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/03/15/134432054/a-shrinking-city-knocks-down-neighborhoods Summary: How do you shrink down a city? In the past decade, the people of Youngstown, Ohio have...
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Does Raising The Minimum Wage Kill Jobs?
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/03/06/286861541/does-raising-the-minimum-wage-kill-jobs Summary: Minimum wage is a hot topic in the economic realm. In this podcast the same study is done...
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The midlife economic anxiety crisis
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/18/world/why-theres-so-much-economic-anxiety-midlife Summary: According to the Marketplace Economic Anxiety Index, 35-54 year olds are the most worried age...
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This visa program is a path to citizenship for the rich
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/16/business/eb5-visas Summary: Marketplace analyzes the EB-5 visa program which allows wealthy foreign investors to secure American citizenship, only if...
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San Francisco leases old hotel to house the homeless
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/04/25/world/san-francisco-leases-old-hotel-house-homeless Summary: San Francisco is utilizing old hotel buildings by committing to multi-year leases, in an attempt...
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Lead contamination poisons a neighborhood’s home values
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/05/03/sustainability/lead-contamination-poisons-housing-prices-east-la Summary: Lead contamination has serious economic consequences for home owners – not only for...
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The Evolution of the Show “Archer”
Link: https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/04202017-mtech Summary: “Archer” debuted when the internet was taking off. Marketplace interviews the show’s technical director and actress...
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Is Hacktivism a Force for Good…or Chaos?
Link: https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/04262017-mtech Summary: Hacktivism is a topic for debate with the latest flurry of activity on the internet. Marketplace interviews a former...
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A warning for parched China: a city runs out of water
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/04/21/world/warning-parched-china-city-runs-out-water Summary: A northern city in China has run out of water, increasing pressure between the government and it’s...
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How The Internet Got Ruined
Link: https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/041917-mtech Summary: “Move Fast and Break Things” is a newly released book about the monopolistic market structure of the internet....
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Rethinking Black Wealth
Link: https://www.npr.org/2020/10/05/920342513/rethinking-black-wealth Dr. Andre Perry, a Brookings Institution fellow, highlights the disparities of wealth and structural racism in predominantly...
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Empty Houses, Reclaimed
Link: https://www.npr.org/2021/02/26/971873769/empty-houses-reclaimed Housing insecurity is a major issue that is facing our nation especially in a pandemic with millions out of jobs. As a result of...
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