Posted by Millie Jefferson

For Marketplace, Friday, July 30, 2010

“We have a very distorted economy,” former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan said in a Sunday interview on NBC’s Meet the Press. Banks and corporations are in excellent shape. Small businesses and the working class? Not so much.

Also on the show: President Barack Obama gives a speech in Atlanta to disabled veterans about troop withdrawals; The price of pork skyrockets, which means you’re paying more for your next BLT; An in-depth look at the booming business of online comment moderation; Another soundtrack in our music series: Road Warriors. And these are the songs we played on the show:

• Touch Too Much (Ewan Pearson Remix) – Hot Chip Buy

• Travelin’ Alone – Nickodemus & Zeb Remix (Billy Holiday Remixed & Reimagined) Buy

• Right Hand High – Kid Sister Buy

• Call Me – Blondie Buy

• Big Lost – Diplo Buy