Small Businesses Struggle in the Downward Economy Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Top of the Hour: Global and Local Economies, Morning Headlines Slow Hiring For Small Businesses in Down Economy GM's Bob Lutz on the American Auto Industry: Past, Present and Future Following King Hearing: History of Islam in American Prisons Will California's Budget Help the Struggling State? The Best Dads in Literature Top of the Hour: War Powers Act, Morning Headlines Congress, White House Spar Over War Powers Act in Libya American Life Expectancy Varies Widely by County Study: Medicaid Families Have Reduced Access to Specialty Care Boston Defeats Vancouver in Game 7 of Stanley Cup Should Baby Boomers Get Out of the Workforce? US-Pakistan Relations and New Al-Qaida Leader, Al-Zawahiri Rep. Anthony Weiner to Step Down President Barack Obama speaks with small business owners during a meeting at the Tastee Sub Shop in Edison, New Jersey ( Saul Loeb/AFP / Getty ) Produced by PRI and WNYC