In the economic circle of life, businesses are dying faster than ever

Not to get all “Lion King” here, but there’s a circle of life in business, just like in the rest of the world. Companies are born, and they die. But now we’re facing an economic situation where companies are dying faster than they’re being created. That’s the upshot of a study by the Economic Innovation Group. John Lettieri is a co-founder and the director of policy for the group. He joined Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal to talk more about the study’s findings. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation.

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