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• The baby business
  Fertility doctors and adoption agencies are part of a huge business sector, even though parents hate to think of them that way. Business professor Debora Spar describes the surprising market forces involved in the emotional process of becoming a parent.9:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Debora Spar: Senior associate dean at Harvard Business School. She's the author of "The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception."
  More from MPR
  Are environmental factors linked to infertility? (09/27/2007)
  Minn. sextuplets spotlight tough decisions for hopeful parents (06/25/2007)
  Fight to become a mother (03/02/2007)
  Reproduction and Responsibility (04/05/2004)
  Resources
  About Debora Spar
  Debora Spar on paying for eggs
  About Spar's lecture at the U
• State legislators aim to end poverty
  Minnesota legislators have been touring the state to get a firsthand look at what poverty in Minnesota looks like. But is it feasible to end poverty, and can a bipartisan commission agree on what it will take?10:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Gregory Gray: Executive director of the Legislative Commission to End Poverty in Minnesota by 2020. He is a former state representative.
  Sen. John Marty: DFL-Roseville. He is co-chair of the Legislative Commission to End Poverty in Minnesota by 2020.
  Sen. Paul Koering: R-Fort Ripley.
  More from MPR
  Reservation homelessness survey first in the nation (12/10/2007)
  Congress considering new laws designed to help the homeless (12/03/2007)
  A worldwide focus on poverty and human development (11/02/2007)
  One catastrophe away from poverty (10/03/2007)
  Resources
  The Legislative Commission to End Poverty in Minnesota by 2020
  A Minnesota Without Poverty

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