NPR Topics: Economy Podcast

Stories: 1) Obama And Democratic Governors Agree: Raise Minimum Wage 2) Week In Politics: Minimum Wage And Boehner's Pressures 3) Detroit Unrolls Its Bankruptcy Blueprint 4) Fannie Mae: Now Free From Debt But Still Under Government's Wing

Stories: 1) Manufacturing Association Wants Progress In Obama's Trade Agenda 2) What It Was Like To Be A Wall Street Recruit After The Bailouts 3) Duke: $60,000 A Year For College Is Actually A Discount 4) What's Up With Facebook's Big Acquisition?

Stories: 1) With New Rules, Pot Business Gets A Little Less Hazy For Banks 2) Battling Blight: Detroit Maps Entire City To Find Bad Buildings 3) A Love Of Medicine Runs Through Three Generations 4) Tenn. Workers Vote To Reject Union At VW Plant

Stories: 1) Can Underfunded Community Colleges Provide More Job Training? 2) Fixing Poverty Is More Complicated Than Handing Out Cash 3) Fed Chief Yellen Testifies Without Market-Moving Mistake 4) Iran's Hope Is Sanctions Relief, But Reality Is Struggling Economy

Stories: 1) Prospectors See A Golden Lining In California's Drought 2) Turning A Million Cubic Yards Of Post-Typhoon Trash Into Jobs 3) Job Growth Runs Cold In January 4) January Job Growth Disappoints, But Unemployment Drops

Stories: 1) One Day After CBO Report, It's Time To Start Your Spin Cycle 2) Reining In Health Care Costs Key To Trimming Deficit 3) A Venture Capitalist Is Betting A Pair Of Socks (And $50 Million) On Bitcoin's Future 4) Post Office Could Rack Up Billions By Offering Money Services

Stories: 1) Drought Forces Calif. Farmers To Cut Back On Planting 2) The Games Are A Great Party, But Not A Great Investment 3) After Overcoming Early Obstacles, Yellen Assumes Fed's Top Job 4) Booming Oil Fields May Be Giving Sex Trafficking A Boost

Stories: 1) On The Plains, The Rush For Oil Has Changed Everything 2) Is There An Economic Benefit To Hosting The Super Bowl? 3) Product Launches Expected To Drag Ford's 2014 Profits Down 4) Much Of North Dakota's Natural Gas Is Going Up In Flames

Stories: 1) In China's Hugely Indebted Cities, Some Big Bills Are Coming Due 2) Trouble In Emerging Markets Causes Stocks To Take A Tumble 3) As PC Sales Drop, Intel Delays A Plant Opening And Cuts Jobs 4) The Income Gap: How Much Is Too Much?

Stories: 1) Gentrification May Actually Be Boon To Longtime Residents 2) Global Economic Recovery To Keep Strengthening 3) Banks Challenged By Economy Despite Positive Earnings 4) Spain Exits Bailout In A Sign Of Progress, Not Full Recovery

Stories: 1) Boeing Machinists' Plight Marks Changing Times For Labor 2) Long-Term Unemployed Say N.C. Law Is Unfair 3) Poverty: 'We Need To Talk About It As It Is, Not As It Was' 4) U.S. Agriculture Secretary 'Convinced' Rural Revitalization Plan Will Work

Stories: 1) How A Community Bank Tripped On Footnote 1,861 Of The Volcker Rule 2) December Jobs Report Disappoints 3) Minimum Wage Fight Takes Shape Across The Map 4) For Target, Holiday Woes Are Worse Than Expected

Stories: 1) Kentucky County That Gave War On Poverty A Face Still Struggles 2) Senate Moves Forward On Unemployment Benefits 3) Former Banker Could Help Feds Learn More About Swiss Accounts 4) On-Time Payments Heal All Credit Report Wounds

Stories: 1) How NAFTA Helped The Mexican Billionaires' Club 2) With Benefits Cut, Unemployed Take Stock Of Dwindling Options 3) The Campaign For Jobless Benefits Begins In Congress 4) Tough To Make Ends Meet Even With Unemployment Benefits

Stories: 1) Home Prices Mark Biggest Gains Since 2006 2) A Bet, Five Metals And The Future Of The Planet 3) How Scarcity Trap Affects Our Thinking, Behavior 4) Colorado's Pot Law Fires Up This Week