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Marketplace for Friday, May 29, 2015
May 29, 2015

Marketplace for Friday, May 29, 2015

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Airing on Friday, May 29, 2015: What’s a multinational sponsor to do? Amid news that several FIFA officials have been indicted on corruption charges, we explore whether companies are likely to pull their sponsorships from future FIFA World Cup games. Next: With all the problems of race and policing around the country, one solution has to be to hire more minority police officers, right? A no-brainer. But it's not so easy, as Marketplace's Mitchell Hartman reports in this next installment of our series, "Behind the Blue Line: The Costs of a Changing Police Force."

 

Segments From this episode

California's snowpack has run out

May 29, 2015
California's runoff water from snowpack is at zero percent of normal. As in zero. As in none.

Video: 'Game of Thrones,' Facebook and the GDP Explained

May 29, 2015
What's Gross Domestic Product? It’s like if Westeros from 'Game of Thrones' had a Facebook page. Get it? You will.

Will sponsors bail on the World Cup?

May 29, 2015
Advertisers consider their investments and responses amid FIFA corruption charges.

Making a home without a house

May 29, 2015
As more tents go up, homeless couples are forgoing shelters to stay together.

Why making movies isn't like making hamburgers

May 29, 2015
The rules of product development only go so far when it comes to films.

Why it's difficult for minorities to become cops

May 29, 2015
Stigma and previous encounters with police are among the obstacles.

Airing on Friday, May 29, 2015: What’s a multinational sponsor to do? Amid news that several FIFA officials have been indicted on corruption charges, we explore whether companies are likely to pull their sponsorships from future FIFA World Cup games. Next: With all the problems of race and policing around the country, one solution has to be to hire more minority police officers, right? A no-brainer. But it’s not so easy, as Marketplace’s Mitchell Hartman reports in this next installment of our series, “Behind the Blue Line: The Costs of a Changing Police Force.”

 

Music from the episode

Missing Words Mark Ronson, The Business Intl
Fix James Blackshaw
Squalor Victoria The National
Go Bang SBTRKT
Acceptable in the 80's Calvin Harris