About the Program

Each week on Marketplace Money, host Tess Vigeland looks at the week's major national and international stories that will impact the average listener's wallet. During the hour-long program, Vigeland and economic editor Chris Farrell help listeners map out the course to financial well-being, offering advice on topics like how to pay for college and whether to buy or lease a car. It's "the money show for the rest of us."

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This week on Marketplace Money, The Morning Report’s Steve Chiotakis is filling in for Tess Vigeland, and he’ll explore how young people in foster care learn to handle money once they’ve “aged out” of the state system. Sisters and authors Liz and Diana Welch recall their vastly different financial experiences, a result of being orphaned and finding their own ways with money. Chris Farrell answers your questions, from which retirement savings options to choose at work to whether 529 plans count against financial aid for college. And an expert helps families know if they should keep trying to pay down debt, or file for the big B: bankruptcy.

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Mass. may opt to pay flat doctors' fees
Most U.S. doctors get paid for each test or procedure they perform. But Massachusetts is considering becoming the first state to pay a flat fee for each patient doctors see. Joel Rose reports. (11/06/2009)

What to do with your credit cards
Ken Lin, CEO of CreditKarma.com, talks about how to handle your credit cards, especially now that companies are hiking interest rates, cutting credit lines and imposing new fees. (11/06/2009)

New GI Bill victim of its own popularity
A new GI Bill took effect this summer. In commemoration of Veterans Day this coming week, Tess Vigeland takes a look at the new bill, the thousands of people who are affected by it, and the backlog it has created. (11/06/2009)

Learn about money at home
David Dominguez, a high school senior, says that while kids shouldn't skip out on the "Life Skills" courses at school, learning about money really should start at home. (11/06/2009)

Talking money back at her old school
Tess Vigeland pays a visit to her old high school just outside Portland, Ore., to learn how teachers are now instructing students about money, and why more schools don't provide financial education. (11/06/2009)

Getting Personal
Business columnist Sheryl Harris of the Cleveland Plain Dealer helps Tess Vigeland tackle your money questions -- from what should be done with old financial documents to how a college student should handle a billing mix up. (11/06/2009)

Finding intimacy in finances
Most couples hate to face questions about money. But Jacquette Timmons, author of the book "Financial Intimacy," says sharing money woes can actually be romantic. (11/06/2009)

Dad, daughter reflect on money lessons
Curtis Larson and his daughter Erin Anderson look back at the way he let the kids in the family take responsibility for their own money, even if they made mistakes. (11/06/2009)

Earning an allowance through chores
Some kids earn their allowance the hard way -- by working for it. Follow 8-year-old Xander around the house as he does chores for cash. Directed by Elizabeth Lord, Xander's mom. (11/05/2009)

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