APM: Marketplace (Free subscription) | yesterday
China is launching an ad campaign to show that Chinese manufacturing benefits everyone. USC Professor Jay Wang talks with Kai Ryssdal about whether the effort will work.
APM: Marketplace (Free subscription) | yesterday
Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn talks with Kai Ryssdal about the book she edited, "The Story of American Business: From the Pages of the New York Times," and what might be learned from our current economic climate.
APM: Marketplace (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Apple is buying music content provider Lala. CNET.com's Erica Ogg talks with Kai Ryssdal about some of the possible reasons why Apple is buying the company.
APM: Marketplace (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
With gifts to buy and holiday parties to attend, December is a tough month to take control of your impulses. Behavioral economist Dan Ariely talks with Kai Ryssdal on how to counteract problematic impulses.
APM: Marketplace (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Nissan and luxury car makers are no-shows at this year's L.A. Auto Show, but the Los Angeles Times' Dan Neil tells Kai Ryssdal there's still plenty of innovation to behold.
APM: Marketplace (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Sherman Wilburn of Minneapolis has often given his time and money to others in need. Now he finds himself asking for help. He talks with Kai Ryssdal about the difficult times facing him and his family.
APM: Marketplace (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Douglas Coupland's first novel, "Generation X," got him credit for naming a whole generation. His new novel, "Generation A," comes full circle, taking readers through a world where interpersonal communication is a dying art. He talks with Kai Ryssdal.
The Curious Capitalist (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Sorry for the lack of posting. Been on the move, and been sleepy. I'm currently sitting in a hotel room in downtown LA, getting ready for a Drucker Business Forum chat with Kai Ryssdal and Paul Zak about rational/irrational markets and then a radio interview on KPCC's AirTalk with Larry Mantle. And while we're on [...]
APM: Marketplace (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Decades of violent conflict in Afghanistan has left much of the country homeless, hungry and jobless. Greg Mortenson is trying to address those problems by building schools there. He joins Kai Ryssdal to talk about his efforts.
APM: Marketplace (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Kai Ryssdal reviews listener comments about paying with cash instead of plastic, interest-rate swaps, the "slow media" movement, a proposed tax on cosmetic surgery, and more.
APM: Marketplace (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
In his address to the nation, President Obama says the deployment of 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan will cost $30 billion. But the actual cost will be higher, as Marketplace's John Dimsdale explains to Kai Ryssdal.
APM: Marketplace (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
A lot of charities have had to get together to survive. Kai Ryssdal has the story of two AIDS support groups that have joined forces.
APM: Marketplace (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Philanthropy consultant Lucy Bernholz talks with Kai Ryssdal about what the top charity-related buzzwords of 2009, which she says was the year where necessity was the mother of social innovation.
