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Making Sen$e Audiobook Series

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    Keynes vs. Hayek

    Making Sen$e

    by PBS NewsHour ...
    Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...
    Series series Making Sen$e

    Unabridged

    8 min

    As part of his continuing series Making Sen$e of financial news, Paul Solman at PBS has a unique look at the legacy of economist John Maynard Keynes, who first introduced the concept of government intervention in the economy, and his countertenor Friedrich Hayek. ... Read more

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    Making Sen$e: Rich Shopper

    Making Sen$e

    by PBS NewsHour ...
    Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...
    Series series Making Sen$e

    Unabridged

    8 min

    As part of his series on Making Sen$e of financial news, business and economics correspondent Paul Solman explores how retailers are faring in an economy that's increasingly divided between the haves and the have-nots. ... Read more

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    How to Succeed in Business

    Making Sen$e

    by PBS NewsHour ...
    Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...
    Series series Making Sen$e

    Unabridged

    11 min

    Is the aptitude for business (the legal kind) distributed among convicted criminals as it is in the general population? One seasoned executive thinks so, and believes that by hiring the cream of the ex-con crop, his company will have a leg up on the competition. Paul Solman reports as part of his Making Sen$e series. ... Read more

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    Job-Seeking Vets Confront Stigma

    Making Sen$e

    by PBS NewsHour ...
    Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...
    Series series Making Sen$e

    Unabridged

    8 min

    More than 12 percent of the roughly 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans were jobless last month, compared to 9 percent of the total population. As part of his reporting on Making Sen$e of financial news, Paul Solman looks at the problems many service members face in finding a job back home. ... Read more

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    So You Have a Liberal Arts Degree

    Making Sen$e

    by PBS NewsHour ...
    Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...
    Series series Making Sen$e

    Unabridged

    5 min

    In a follow-up to his report last month on the unforgiving job market for recent college grads, Paul Solman looks at graduates who've already been out of school for several years and are still struggling to find employment in their areas of interest. It's part of his ongoing series of reports on Making Sen$e of financial news. ... Read more

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    Mortgage Meltdown

    Making Sen$e

    by PBS NewsHour ...
    Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...
    Series series Making Sen$e

    Unabridged

    8 min

    In the latest report of his Making Sen$e series, Paul Solman talks to New York Times economics reporter Ed Andrews, who chronicles his personal tale of the mortgage crisis in Busted: Life Inside the Great Mortgage Meltdown. ... Read more

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    Global Economics

    Making Sen$e

    by PBS NewsHour ...
    Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...
    Series series Making Sen$e

    Unabridged

    9 min

    In her new book, The Accordion Family, sociologist Katherine Newman examines why more young adults in the world's wealthiest countries are returning home to live with their parents -- a phenomenon that Paul Solman has come across repeatedly in his reporting on global economic problems as part of his Making Sen$e series. ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Making Sense of Summer Work Visas for Foreigners

    Making Sen$e

    by PBS NewsHour ...
    Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...
    Series series Making Sen$e

    Unabridged

    9 min

    Since the 1960s, the State Department has sponsored young foreigners for temporary, low-wage summer jobs in the U.S. But with high youth unemployment, some believe the program takes summer jobs away from American youth. So is the program's motivation truly "good will" or a source of cheap labor? Paul Solman reports. ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Massive Financial Crisis

    Making Sen$e

    by PBS NewsHour ...
    Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...
    Series series Making Sen$e

    Unabridged

    7 min

    As part of his continuing series of reports making sense of business and the economy, Paul Solman talks to MIT finance professor Andrew Lo about why he's asking Congress to keep investigating the financial crisis. ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    How Big a Boost Do Working Seniors Give the Economy?

    Making Sen$e

    by PBS NewsHour ...
    Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...
    Series series Making Sen$e

    Unabridged

    8 min

    Americans who work past traditional retirement age are extending their productive lives. They're also paying taxes longer, which may have big implications for the country's finances. As part of his Making Sen$e series, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports. ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Making $ense: Foreclosure Crisis

    Making Sen$e

    by PBS NewsHour ...
    Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...
    Series series Making Sen$e

    Unabridged

    10 min

    Paul Solman speaks with Alyssa Katz, author of Our Lot: How Real Estate Came to Own Us, about how a decades-long government push to expand homeownership exacerbated the foreclosure crisis. ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Economic Paths Diverged Over 30 Years

    Making Sen$e

    by PBS NewsHour ...
    Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...
    Series series Making Sen$e

    Unabridged

    9 min

    As part of his series on Making Sen$e of financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports from two Ohio counties -- Crawford and Delaware -- that had similar incomes 30 years ago, but their economies and populations have since taken very different paths. ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus