Economy May 13 Debating Piketty's theory on how wealth begets wealth, widens the economic gap In "Capital," French economist Thomas Piketty explores how wealth and the income derived from it magnifies the problems of inequality. Gwen Ifill gets debate on his data and conclusions from Heather Boushey of Washington Center for Equitable Growth and Kevin…
World May 13 U.S. military sends plane to scan for abducted girls in Nigeria Nigeria's government confirmed that a "window of negotiation" is open to Boko Haram with respect to the return of hundreds of teenage girls kidnapped from a school in a remote village. Meanwhile the U.S. began manned surveillance flights over the…
World May 13 News Wrap: Hundreds believed trapped in deadly Turkish coal mine disaster In our news wrap Wednesday, an explosion and fire at a coal mine in Turkey killed at least 70 miners, with an unknown number still trapped. In the U.S., two coal miners were killed in West Virginia when the mine…
Economy May 12 Why do the rich get richer? French economist Piketty takes on inequality in 'Capital' On a recent U.S. press tour for his bestselling book "Capital," French economist Thomas Piketty spoke to standing-room-only crowds about his examination of growing, global economic inequality. Economics correspondent Paul Solman interviews Piketty for his take on why inequality of…
Episode May 12 Monday, May 12, 2014 Tonight on the program, we examine the video released by Boko Haram of the missing Nigerian schooolgirls and look into the government's response. Also: Ukraine separatists celebrate the secession referendum, French economist Thomas Piketty takes on inequality in "Capital," NASA…