Money Talks
Medillmoneymavens.com's podcasts reported and produced by graduate business journalism students at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
| Other Popular Episodes | Date | |
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| PLAY | Living wills: a way to prevent another Lehman? | May 5, 2011 |
| Listen to a Money Talks interview with William Sweet Jr. of Skadden about the Dodd-Frank Act and its requirement for big banks to submit "living wills." The purpose of these documents is for the financial institutions and the government to have a better understanding of their own health and conditions. Will this rule work? We'll have to see. | ||
| PLAY | The Recession-Sessions: a folk album that puts the recession in song | June 8, 2011 |
| The band the Bull and the Bear formed out of a common love of economics and folk music. Listen to band member, Kyle Thompson-Westra discuss how two friends turned their passions into a one-of-a-kind musical jaunt about economics. | ||
| PLAY | Retailers, banks clash over debit card swipe fee reform | May 27, 2011 |
| Banks are lobbying to delay the debit card swipe fee reform, which aims to lower transaction fees paid by retailers for every debit card purchase. According to the National Retail Federation, this reform will result in savings of more than $1 billion a month for retailers and customers. | ||
| PLAY | iPads and the inevitable PC swan song | May 31, 2011 |
| Global PC sales declined for the first three months of 2011 for the first time since 2009. Is the iPad to blame? Money Talks’ Marissa Oberlander spoke with Bernhard Kappe, founder and CEO of Pathfinder Software, and several iPad lovers about the rise of the tablet computer. | ||
| PLAY | Paying off debt vs. building an emergency fund | June 9, 2011 |
| Kim Lankford -- contributing editor of Kiplinger personal finance -- shares her expert advice on whether people should pay off their debt or build up their emergency fund. | ||