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• Despite job growth, fears about economy linger
  Businesses created more jobs and paid employees more at the end of 2006. But the housing market is a real worry to some economists. Midmorning looks at the mixed economic picture, and at how the economic agenda of the Democrats will affect tax and trade policy.9:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Menzie David Chinn: Professor of Public Affairs and Economics in the Robert M. LaFollette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He's also one of the authors of the Econbrowser blog.
  James Glassman: Senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and editor-in-chief of The American, a magazine focusing on business, economics, and public policy.
  Resources
  About Menzie Chinn
  About James Glassman
  Econbrowser
• Venture to the red planet
  New evidence of water on Mars is inspiring scientists to someday colonize the planet. Midmorning discusses how close NASA is to making a manned mission to Mars a reality.10:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Robert Zubrin: Aerospace engineer and author of "The Case for Mars."
  Ken Croswell: Author of "Magnificent Mars" and "Ten Worlds."
  Kobie Boykins: Staff mechanical engineer with NASA's Mars Project.
  Resources
  The Mars Society
  About Magnificent Mars
  About Kobie Boykins

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• Talking Volumes
  The new season of Talking Volumes welcomes Barbara Kingsolver on Nov. 11 at 7 p.m.
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