States across the nation are struggling to balance budgets while under the weight of huge deficits. Reporters in Illinois, Pennsylvania and North Carolina take a look at the challenges each state is confronted with and how they're dealing with them.
Tess Vigeland reviews the Toronto G-20 summit, which wrapped up yesterday, with Marketplace's London bureau chief Stephen Beard, particularly if the summit helped bridge disagreements between Europe and the U.S.
Fortune Magazine's Leigh Gallagher and the Wall Street Journal's Sudeep Reddy talk with Kai Ryssdal about the G-20 meeting and the financial reform bill that made it through two two key congressional committees.
Personal bankruptcies have been on the rise since the Great Recession, and with it, perhaps a decline in the stigma against throwing in the hat when your finances become too much.
Vice President Joe Biden was at the Brooklyn Bridge to talk about a $30 million federal investment for a major rehab of the 117-year-old span. It was a chance for the Obama administration to tout the benefits of its $787 billion stimulus package. Just how much stimulus is left? Jeremy Hobson reports.
Juliet Schor talks with Kai Ryssdal about her new book "Plenitude," and how we have everything we need right now to start living more sustainable lives.
Professor Jefferey Sellers from the University of Southern California talks with Tess Vigeland about how the recession has led some California cities to consider sharing services and programs.
