Economy Jun 24 Sneak Peek At a Rust Belt Success Story A welder at Lincoln Electric. Photo by Jared Manders. We shot footage for an upcoming piece recently at arc welding manufacturer Lincoln Electric. The company, which we last visited back in 1992, is an improbable Rust Belt success story. John…
Economy Jun 23 Is China’s Economic Progress in Trouble? Stephen Roach, of Morgan Stanley and now Yale and author of the book "The Next Asia," has long been among the most astute and independent of economic forecasters. He has also spent much of the past decade in the…
Economy Jun 22 Can Investment Assumptions Worsen the State Pension Fund Crisis? By Diane Lincoln Estes Well, no. Investment assumptions themselves don't worsen the crisis but as we explain in our story on Rhode Island on Wednesday's broadcast, decisions about pension fund investment assumptions can mean higher taxes, lower pensions and bitter…
Economy Jun 21 Mad Hatter v. Baaad Hatter: You Voted and the Winner Is… ...that Hero of Haberdashery, Champ of Chapeaux, el Senor de Sombreros and Fliest of Fedoras -- my hat!…
Economy May 23 Is It Dumb to Play the Lottery? We received a fascinating email in response to last week's installment of Tuesday's Tool$, an online 'game' called "Spent." Yan wrote: That wasn't a game, that was more like a questionnaire. (Note: I live in Asia) I still have…
Arts May 20 Furry Robots, Foldable Cars and More Innovations from MIT’s Media Lab We recently visited the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for our story on George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen's ebook, "The Great Stagnation." Cowen argues that our economy is slowing down because the…
Economy May 20 Furry Robots, Foldable Cars and More Innovations from MIT’s Media Lab By Diane Lincoln-Estes and Elizabeth Shell We recently visited the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for our story on George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen's ebook, "The Great Stagnation." Cowen argues that our economy is…
Arts May 19 Foodie Economist: How to Find Great Eats When economist Tyler Cowen finishes his day job at George Mason University and dinner time rolls around, he sinks his teeth into his hobby: blogging about -- and eating -- ethnic food in and around Washington, D.C.
Economy May 18 The Two Faces of Dominique Strauss-Kahn Dominique Strauss-Kahn was as urbane and well-mannered an interviewee as ever you'll meet. Sensible and clear, as in a NewsHour interview during the heat of the Crash of '08. Candid, as in another interview, one I did with…
Economy May 13 Inflation, Extremist Economics and Printing Dollars John Williams is an economic extremist. He thinks a collapse of the U.S. dollar and hyperinflation are just around the corner and that gold is therefore the best bet around. He thinks the government manipulates the economic data to…