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Kai Ryssdal

Host and Senior Editor

Kai is the host and senior editor of “Marketplace,” the most widely heard program on business and the economy — radio or television, commercial or public broadcasting — in the country. Kai speaks regularly with CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, startup entrepreneurs, small-business owners and everyday participants in the American and global economies. Before his career in broadcasting, Kai served in the United States Navy and United States Foreign Service. He’s a graduate of Emory University and Georgetown University. Kai lives in Los Angeles with his wife and four children.

Latest from Kai Ryssdal

  • Mar 10, 2007

    Job numbers are up when they’re down

    The economy added a paltry 97,000 jobs last month. But somehow the unemployment rate still managed to fall a tenth of a point to 4.5 percent.

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  • Mar 10, 2007

    Week on Wall Street

    Stockbroker and business analyst David Johnson discusses with host Kai Ryssdal what happened on Wall Street this week and what may lie ahead.

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  • Mar 9, 2007

    Bush’s Brazil agenda

    As part of President Bush's stop in Brazil, he's touring a biofuel plant and meeting with President Lula da Silva. Riordan Roett, a Latin American policy expert, talks with Kai Ryssdal about the visit.

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  • Mar 7, 2007

    Office rule: No assholes

    You know those people in your office who love making your life miserable? Your boss? A co-worker? Author Bob Sutton says we should have a rule against them. They're bad for morale and business. He talks with Kai Ryssdal.

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  • Mar 7, 2007

    Worker productivity dips

    Productivity is slowing, which means companies are getting less out of their workers. Kai Ryssdal gets a quick assessment on the economic significance from investment advisor Hugh Johnson.

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  • Mar 1, 2007

    The House gets Sirius over a satellite merger

    Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin tried to smooth out House concerns over the company's merger with XM. The satellite broadcaster is forging a $13 billion deal. Kai Ryssdal has more.

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  • Mar 1, 2007

    It feels good to get mail

    Some listeners liked the idea of a comfortable, alternative-style workplace. Others said you shouldn't treat your office like your home. Kai Ryssdal goes over these and other letters.

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  • Mar 1, 2007

    The dust settles on ‘Dark Tuesday’

    Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke accentuated the positive today on Capitol Hill, and investors tried to maintain the same outlook. Kai Ryssdal and Bob Moon look into the effects of yesterday's Wall Street slide.

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  • Feb 28, 2007

    World markets plummet in China’s wake

    Those gains the markets enjoyed so far this year? Gone. The three major indices are now below where they started the year. Kai Ryssdal talks with market strategist Al Goldman and business analyst David Johnson about today's market shake-up.

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  • Feb 28, 2007

    How will China’s markets recover?

    Robert Hormats, vice chairman of Goldman Sachs International, talks with Kai Ryssdal about what might have caused today's market fall in China and whether it will have a lasting impact.

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