Making Sen$e Mar 15 Can you guess how much these rare sneakers cost? The resale market for limited edition and rare sneakers is worth a whopping one billion dollars. Here are five pairs of sneakers; can you guess how much they’re worth?…
Economy Aug 24 In the age of Amazon, an entrepreneur explains what will make us want to go to the store An innovative retail entrepreneuer discusses why she thinks traditional stores are struggling.
Economy Aug 17 Warby Parker’s CEO on how to thrive in retail as big-box stores are dying Warby Parker’s co-CEO explains why his e-commerce company is opening up brick-and-mortar stores even as traditional big-box retailers are shuttering theirs.
Economy May 17 Were you laid off from your retail job? The PBS NewsHour wants to hear from you We want to hear from retail workers who have been affected by a "retail apocalypse."…
Economy May 05 Inside Janesville, the Democratic town Paul Ryan calls home What happens to a factory town after the factory is gone? Paul Ryan's hometown of Janesville is a former manufacturing town that has struggled since the Great Recession.
Economy Sep 03 A working mom on her employer’s unpaid family leave policy More than 70 percent of employers in the United States don’t offer paid maternity leave. One working mother spoke of the difficulties of a mere 12-week unpaid maternity leave.
Economy Aug 06 How a grocery store job turned this former inmate’s life around While reporting on a chain of successful, family-owned supermarkets in Philadelphia food deserts, economics correspondent Paul Solman met ex-offender Anthony Jackson who discussed his path from prison to frozen food manager.
Economy Jul 29 Could High Teen Joblessness Trigger an Arab Spring (or Summer) in America? The number of jobs available to 16- to 19-year-olds has decreased to almost half of those available in the 1990s. Photo courtesy of John Konstantaras/The Chicago News Cooperative. Neil Sullivan's been tackling joblessness for years as head of the…
Economy Jul 29 Could High Teen Joblessness Trigger an Arab Spring (or Summer) in America? By Diane Lincoln Estes The number of jobs available to 16- to 19-year-olds has decreased to almost half of those available in the 1990s. Photo courtesy of John Konstantaras/The Chicago News Cooperative. Neil Sullivan's been tackling joblessness for years as…
Economy Jun 06 Paul Krugman on Why David Stockman Is a Crank // Paul Solman recently sat down with with Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman. Earlier we posted an excerpt from our interview with David Stockman, the former politician and businessman who's out with a much talked about book, "The Great Deformation."…