For the first time in a while, there’s political momentum building to change the U.S. immigration system. On today’s show, we ask three economists: What would the perfect system look like? If we could scrap the mess of a system that we currently have and replace it with anything, what would it look like?
Among the answers: – Let in lots more doctors and engineers – Auction off immigration slots to the highest bidders –Open the gates, and let everyone in
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On today’s show, a North American economist and the chief of staff to a foreign president fall in love with the same idea. It’s an idea they think can solve one of the oldest, hardest problems in economics: How can poor countries get richer?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/11/09/164813887/episode-415-can-a-poor-country-start-over
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The race for ever-faster trades has "absolutely no social value," says a billionaire who helped bring computers to financial markets.
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We talk to a guy who started out as an upstanding businessman, and went on to commit bank fraud involving millions of dollars.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/04/17/150815268/why-people-do-bad-things
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When you walk around a big city in China, it feels like an entrepreneurial free-for-all â guys selling stuff on street corners, lots of little shops, everybody hustling. But when you pull back the curtain on the country’s economy, you find the government everywhere…
http://podcast.co.uk/npr-planet-money-podcast-is-chinas-economy-genius-or-bound-for-disaster/
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Four genius ideas from NPR’s, Planet Money…
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Instapaper is a little app that started out as a side project. Now it’s a thriving one-man business. We talk to Marco Arment, Instapaper’s founder and sole employee, about the app economy.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/01/31/146152273/the-tuesday-podcast-the-app-economy
The clock is still ticking for the Euro. Greece are still not in a position to pay back their debts and continues to try and work out a deal with its creditors. But who loaned money to Greece?
http://podcast.co.uk/npr-planet-money-who-loaned-money-to-greece-anyway/
So far, the Egyptian military has largely sided with the protesters in the streets of Cairo.
This is not only because the military supports the people; it’s also because the military sells the people lots of stuff.
On today’s Planet Money, we look at the Egyptian military’s deep business ties to everything from dishwashers to resort hotels. And we consider how those ties influence how the military responds to the crisis.
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It sounds ridiculous today. But not so long ago, the prospect of a debt-free U.S. was seen as a real possibility with the potential to upset the global financial system.
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