We had received many emails from listeners intrigued by high yields on CDs offered by Millennium Bank in the Caribbean. We didn't like it. It was…

The quality of management matters. One of the disturbing aspects of the Iraqi rebuilding projects was incompetent management. Far too many of the…

After our joint Marketplace/American Radio Works trip to Muncie to report on poverty, I suspected that the average cumulative student loan debt…

James Montier is an economist and global strategist, and very smart. In a recent newsletter on inflation and deflation he looked at TIPS, Treasury…

In reporting on poverty in Memphis, Chicago and Muncie it struck me that there may be a change in the nature of poverty. It's striking how well…

On the face of it, the Geithner plan is a disappointment. Economist Paul Krugman is right: It's really just another version of the proposal put…

We're in Muncie, Indiana. Marketplace and American Radio Works are working together on an hour long documentary on Muncie….

I'm in Muncie, Indiana doing some reporting on the impact of the economic downturn. The "throw the kitchen sink" plan by the Fed to stem the…

I was on Midday this morning to talk about AIG and the economy with host Gary Eichten and economics professor Louis Johnson. The Federal Reserve…

Peter Morici is a professor at the Smith School of Business, University of Maryland School. He asks about those AIG bonuses:…