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Divided Decade

No more bailouts: The lawmakers behind Dodd-Frank say that taxpayers won’t foot the bill the next time a bank fails

by David Brancaccio and Janet Nguyen
Sep 19, 2018
In a rare interview, Chris Dodd and Barney Frank joined Marketplace to discuss the financial crisis and whether the Dodd-Frank Act is under threat.
President Barack Obama signs the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act alongside Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), center; Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), second from right; Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), second from left; and Vice President Joe Biden, far left, at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., in 2010.
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Is generosity enough to prop up this post-recession town?

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Apr 19, 2017
Janesville, Wisconsin's resources are stretched thin after GM left the city and took jobs with it.
“I wanted to tell the story of a perfectly ordinary place that had lost a slew of jobs in the Great Recession,” said author Amy Goldstein.
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What teachers in Greece think about the latest bailout

by Kai Ryssdal
May 26, 2016
Many students don’t see a future for themselves in Greece, according to two educators.
Hundreds of school pupils demonstrate in central Athens on November 2, 2015, protesting against staff, books and infrastructure shortages. The union of secondary school teachers, OLME, was holding a three-hour stoppage to participate in the protest, demanding funds for education. 
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Help arrives for (some) underwater homeowners

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 15, 2016
Mortgage holders who are delinquent and hold too much debt get a federal break .
An eviction team removes furniture during a home foreclosure on September 21, 2011 in Longmont, Colorado. 
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The new 'Star Wars' movie could well be about a bailout

by Tony Wagner
Dec 1, 2015
A new academic paper says blowing up the Death Star would have left the economy in shambles
The second Death Star blowing up in "Return of the Jedi."
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Greeks in crisis

Greek parliament backs new bailout deal

by Marketplace Staff
Aug 14, 2015
The deal was backed despite a rebellion by many MPs in the governing Syriza party.
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Greeks in crisis

Athens on the edge

by Marketplace Contributor
Jul 16, 2015
Greece is one step closer to its third bailout
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Londoner crowdfunding cash for Greek bailout

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 30, 2015
One man is taking it to the people to save Greece.
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Final Note

Greece calling for referendum on bailout

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 26, 2015
The people will decide.
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Greece manages to make IMF repayment

by Tim Fitzsimons
May 11, 2015
Greece has authorized repayment of a multimillion dollar loan to the International Monetary Fund, but the country's problems persist.
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