Easy Street

Anyone who listens to Marketplace knows that the world of business is woven into - and in some cases, ensnared within - all of our lives. Credit...

The $700-billion government bailout saved the U.S. from a depression, according to a congressional watchdog. But it also had a downside for our economy.

A New York judge has thrown out a claim accusing British bank Barclays of unfairly purchasing pieces of failed Wall Street firm Lehman Brothers. Lawyers claimed Barclays hurried the deal to earn billions of dollars in profits. Stephen Beard explains.

The combined German and New York Stock Exchange must now find a suitable name for the newly merged trading floor. And as Stephen Beard explains, instead of using a brand consultant, the new exchange is going the social media route for suggestions.

The New York Stock Exchange-Deutsche Borse merger creates a global icon that in many ways leaves stocks and retail investors behind.

From American Public Media's Marketplace China Bureau in downtown Shanghai, a blog devoted to listeners who want to keep tabs on the hottest...

David Brancaccio specializes in telling stories important to our economy and our democracy through the eyes of the real people who live in the...

David Brancaccio specializes in telling stories important to our economy and our democracy through the eyes of the real people who live in the...