NPR Topics: Economy Podcast

Stories: 1) Ford Taking America's Best-Selling Truck All 'Natural' 2) GDP Report Is Better Than Economists Expected 3) New Health Exchanges: What You Need To Know 4) As Back-To-School Shopping Begins, Consumers May Turn Frugal

Stories: 1) Replacing Ben Bernanke Is A Delicate Task 2) After Five Years, Why So Few Charges In Financial Crisis? 3) Obama Touts Economic Prescriptions 4) High-Deductible Health Plans, Gamble For Some, On The Rise

Stories: 1) Ahead Of Obama's Economic Speech, A Look At Key Indicators 2) Citing Dignity, Greek Workers Take Over Factory 3) White House Economics: Growing 'From The Middle Class Out' 4) White House Talks Income Gap: New Ideas About Old Problems?

Stories: 1) Baggage Fees Turn Five Years Old; Passengers Turn Blase 2) What Actually Happens At The End Of 'Trading Places'? 3) Detroit Businesses See Opportunity In Bankruptcy 4) Detroit Retirees Wonder How Bankruptcy Will Affect Benefits

Stories: 1) Rising Interest Rates Worry Banking Industry 2) Yahoo's Stock Soars, Sales Remain Flat 3) Civil Servants In Greece 'Sit-In' To Fight For Their Jobs 4) Market Mood Improves After Bernanke Remarks

Stories: 1) When Employees Need More Than An Advance On Their Paycheck 2) This Summer, Straighten Up That 401(k)

Stories: 1) Jobs Keep Growing. How Soon Should The Fed Stop Helping? 2) EU-U.S. Trade: A Tale Of Two Farms 3) June Job Numbers Perk Up Optimists 4) IMF Warns Of Global Slowdown

Stories: 1) Investors Turn Away From Emerging Markets 2) Aftershocks Felt After Affordable Care 'Earthquake' 3) Housing Investigation Exposes Harassment Of LA's Minorities 4) New Study Shows Brits Do American Dream Better Than U.S.

Stories: 1) Alabama County Files Plan To Exit Bankruptcy 2) U.S. Investors, Businesses Hesitant To Set Up In Africa 3) Obama Announces Trade Africa Initiative 4) Portugal's Budget Austerity May Do More Harm Than Good

Stories: 1) Coffee Futures: The Highs And Lows Of A Cup Of Joe 2) In Phoenix, 'Zombie' Subdivisions Rise From The Dead 3) Some Tech Companies Find Ways Not To Hire Americans 4) Real Estate Sizzles Again In Las Vegas

Story: Tuesday marks the 75th anniversary of the Fair Labor Standards Act. That law created a nationwide minimum wage which is now $7.25 an hour. Democrats are pushing to raise the wage, but Republicans say higher pay would hurt job creation. Idaho has been losing higher paying manufacturing jobs but gaining low-paying service jobs.

Stories: 1) U.S. Automakers Are On A Roll, But Hiring Is Slow And Steady 2) In More Cities, A Camera On Every Corner, Park And Sidewalk 3) The Art Of Investing: The Rewards Aren't Always Financial 4) Survey: African Americans Fearful Of U.S. Economy

Stories: 1) How Rock 'N' Roll Can Explain The U.S. Economy 2) Housing Market Watchers Edgy As Mortgage Rates Keep Climbing 3) When People Make Their Own Banks 4) Visa Exchange Program Draws Scrutiny Under Immigration Bill

Stories: 1) How To Invest In Real Estate Without Being A Landlord 2) Immigration Bill May Keep Wage Exemption For Foreign Herders 3) Economic Improvement Remains Stagnant For Poor Blacks 4) Companies Paying To Get Ahead With Economic Indicators

Stories: 1) May Unemployment Report Adds Up To Modest Growth 2) A Restaurant Brainstorms How To Afford Obamacare 3) Golden Years Tainted As Retirement Savings Dwindle 4) Despite Images Of Affluence, LGBT Poverty High