Economy

A conversation with award-winning journalist Adam Davidson, co-founder and co-host of NPR’s Planet Money, the go-to team covering and explaining the global economy, business and finance. Planet Money contributes stories to Morning Edition, All Things Considered and This American Life. Davidson's award-winning documentary on the housing crisis, "The Giant Pool of Money," is widely considered the best explanation of the roots of the 2008 financial collapse in any medium.

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In the aftermath of the recession, income inequality in the U.S. reached a new high, according to the Census Bureau, and no surprise to political economist and commentator Robert Reich. He says our political and economic systems are rigged against average working people. But what to do about it? Reich, former U.S. labor secretary, is just out with an ebook, “Beyond Outrage: What has gone wrong with our economy and our democracy, and how to fix it.”

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Thousands of distressed homeowners in Maryland are now getting relief through a $25 billion settlement with five major lenders.

Why MCRC wants to see FHFA chief DeMarco go

moving toward a "single point of contact" for borrowers

the pace of reform

How does suburban Maryland's job growth compare to that of Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia? "Lagging far behind," according to a Washington Post columnist who looked at the data.

Governor Martin O’Malley is on a “Jobs and Opportunity” tour of the state: this afternoon at the BioTechnical Institute of Maryland in Baltimore, tomorrow visiting a “Pitch Across Maryland” campaign that gives advice to business start-ups.

At some point in the next several weeks, the sale of Sparrows Point steel mill from RG Steel to a Chicago-based liquidator Hilco Industrial is expected to become final.  The mill was sold at a bankruptcy auction for RG Steel last month.

What it means to be poor in Maryland, one of the nation's wealthiest states: With Elizabeth Kneebone, senior research associate and associate fellow, Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program; Ralph Moore, director emeritus, St.

In the first hour, a look at poverty on the national scale. Is the economy really to blame for the increase? What is happening to our safety nets? Who makes up America's poor? What can be done to reverse the trends? With Michael Reisch, the Daniel Thursz Distinguished Professor of Social Justice at the University of Maryland School of Social Work; Indivar Dutta-Gupta from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; and Margaret C. Simms, fellow at the Urban Institute and director of the Institute's Low-Income Working Families project.

Could marijuana be the nation's new cash crop? Doug Fine, an investigative journalist and NPR contributor, gives the economic argument for legalization in "Too High To Fail: Cannabis and The New Green Revolution."
Original airdate: 8/22/12