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NPR's Noah Adams talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the slowdown in the nation's Gross Domestic Product last quarter and the size of the deficit.

NPR's Noah Adams speaks with Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about how the introduction of electronic trading will likely affect the New York Stock Exchange.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about "Operation Digital Gridlock," a new initiative by the FBI to crack down on illegal sharing of copyrighted material on the Internet.

NPR's Noah Adams talks to John Dimsdale of Marketplace about this year's adjustments in Social Security benefits, and how the presidential campaigns have addressed the issue.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to John Dimsdale of Marketplace about the latest U.S. economic indicators, and how they're being received at the Republican National Convention.

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about a new cooperative agreement linking the instant messaging systems of Yahoo, MSN and AOL.

NPR's Alex talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the latest annual report on charitable giving, showing that philanthropy rose last year by the highest rate in three years.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the latest settlement in a mutual fund trading abuse case, and the attempts by the Securities and Exchange Commission to limit such abuses.

Two hundred years ago today, the United States signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty. For about 4 cents an acre, America more than doubled its size, helping fulfill Thomas Jefferson's dreams for westward expansion -- all without the firing of a single shot. All Things Considered commemorates one of the sweetest real-estate deals of the millennium.

The U.S. economy is strong -- but faces a crisis if the growing deficit is not reined in, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says. Speaking at a policy forum in Philadelphia, Greenspan highlighted health care and defense spending as two main challenges to fiscal restraint.