Weekend Business

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Business news has never been so exciting, frightening and fast-paced. Keep up with the important news and trends in business each week with reporters and editors from the Times's business section. They're among the most knowledgeable people in the business world. Your host is Times assistant business editor Jeff Sommer.

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Subprime mortgages, the euro’s troubles, and the next crisis for American banks

Dec 23, 201132 min

This week — the podcast’s last waltz — features Jeff Sommer with Gretchen Morgenson on subprime mortgages, Floyd Norris on the euro’s troubles, and Tyler Cowen on the next crisis for American banks.

WaMu, the Cost of Law school Accreditation and a Different Economy

Dec 16, 201128 min

This week: Jeff Sommer with Gretchen Morgenson on WaMu, David Gillen and David Segal on the cost of law school accreditation, and Christina Romer on making this time different for the economy.

Institutions that are too big to fail, and improving government agencies.

Dec 9, 201128 min

This week: Jeff Sommer with Diana Henriques on Bernard Madoff, Gretchen Morgenson on institutions that are too big to fail, and Robert Frank on improving government agencies like D.M.V.’s.

The jobs and unemployment report may not be as positive as it seems.

Dec 2, 201130 min

This week: Jeff Sommer with David Gillen on the Nobel in economics, Catherine Rampell on jobs and unemployment, Gretchen Morgenson on bailouts, and Greg Mankiw on a walkout from his Harvard classroom.

Gretchen Morgenson on rolling back rules for derivatives trading, David Gillen and Natasha Singer on the gun business, and Robert Shiller on the super committee and unemployment.

Nov 25, 201131 min

Gretchen Morgenson on rolling back rules for derivatives trading, David Gillen and Natasha Singer on the gun business, and Robert Shiller on the super committee and unemployment.