Italian Fiat Micro-Cars Hit the American Road

Fiat, which controls Chrysler now, is planning to offer more models soon and it is the first time since 1984 that Americans can buy any Italian car.

Romance and Freedom… Making Sales

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The Global Economy Podcast was recently voted one of iTunes top podcasts for 2009! Quite an honor. Thank you, good folks at iTunes.

Some of the themes on this edition of the podcast: love and freedom. Or rather, using love and freedom to sell products. How can you not tune in for that? Now you see why this is one of the year’s best podcasts!

Swine Flu Touches Mexican and Egyptian Economies, Paying Chinese Workers to Smoke, and Ireland’s Horse Breeding Business

This week, the impact of swine flu on the Mexican and Egyptian economies. Also, one Chinese county toys with the idea of paying workers to smoke, and then quickly abandons it when there is international outrage. Fiat’s CEO Sergio Marchionne, and Ireland’s struggling horse-breeding industry. Listen

Entire program – April 2, 2009

Today on The World: What’s come out of the G20 summit in London; How Italian car company Fiat can help save Chrysler from bankruptcy; And a movie that takes you back to Paris in 1936 — labor unrest, included.

What Fiat would give Chrysler (4:30)

President Obama says Chrysler must finalize a partnership with Italian car company or face bankruptcy. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with auto industry analyst Anil Valsan about FIAT’s transformation from the butt of jokes to Chrysler’s potential savior.