David Brancaccio was in Los Angeles last week to guest host Marketplace Money. The theme: Borrow or spend? If we don't spend, life gets drained…

A study by the Society for Human Resource Management found that over 60 percent of employers used credit reports in deciding whether to hire…

The numbers are bad: Unemployment is at 9.2% after rising for three straight months. Goldman Sachs cut its GDP growth forecast from 2% down to 1….

David Brancaccio travels to Washington to see the institutions interested in the powerful new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau….

This may come as a surprise, but television designed to make the world a better place is still possible. Amira Al Fadl is a charismatic interview…

Think one economy is hard enough to regulate? Try Two. In the U.A.E., so-called "free zones" allow foreigners to set up businesses for nominal fe…

The World Bank may not have anticipated the Arab Spring uprisings, but they claim to have a plan for the future. They've announced billions of do…

As a kid during the Apollo project, I very much wanted to walk on the moon, or even better, another planet some day. I seem to have just missed N…

For Emiratis, getting a cushy government job is the easy and preferred choice. In fact, the government provides amble benefits with little work. …

In Egypt's capital, good affordable housing isn't just a concern — It's a demand. While Cairo's swelling population clings to the Nile, some Egy…