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Nov 2024
8m 21s

The glitz and glamor market

MARKETPLACE
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At Marketplace, it’s our job to explain how marketplaces work. This week, we’re turning from traditional stock and financial markets to the in-person kind. As part of our “Tricks of the Trade” series, we’re heading to five different markets in LA. Today, we’re visiting the LA jewelry and gemstone district. But first, we’ll look at a new entity the incoming Trump administration is calling the Department of Government Efficiency.

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