Chalking up the losses of 2008

Courtesy Marketplace  Mon, 12/29/2008 - 12:01

Watching the stock market spiral downward this year was pretty tough. As the market went south, so did our retirement savings, college funds and other investments.

Kai Ryssdal speaks with Robert Reich about those losses and how we're coping with them.


 

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