Aug 14 What parents need to know about college faculty By Joseph Fruscione Students and faculty, former adjunct professor Joe Fruscione says, need parents on their side, which means they need to start asking the tough questions about who's teaching their kids and how much they're getting paid. Continue reading
Aug 13 With jobs on the line, why are Market Basket employees so loyal to Artie T? By Simone Pathe Despite an ultimatum from the Market Basket board that striking employees will lose their jobs if they don't return to work by Friday, many of the New England grocer's workers refuse to come back without the return of former CEO… Continue reading
Aug 08 Watch Bare shelves for Market Basket as employees and shoppers unite in profit-sharing fight By PBS News Hour The owners of a successful New England grocery store chain are in a family feud over whether company profits should go to shareholders or to employees, some of whom have abandoned their shifts and hit the streets. Economics correspondent Paul… Continue watching
Aug 08 Getting lucky: Why the economy has grown faster under Democratic presidents By Simone Pathe Over the past 64 years, from Harry Truman's first elected term through Barack Obama's first term, the economy has grown faster when Democrats are in the White House. How much of that is good policy versus good luck?… Continue reading
Aug 07 The $2 trillion economic risk you haven’t heard about By Donald Goldsmith Beyond Earth's atmosphere lurks a threat that could knock out our electrical grid and cause catastrophic structural, not to mention economic, damage. The risk within the next decade is about as great as that of another earthquake shaking California. So… Continue reading
Aug 06 How ‘Lehman Siblings’ might have stemmed the financial crisis By Sallie Krawcheck Former Citigroup CFO Sallie Krawcheck calls diversification "the one free appetizer in investing." That applies not only to the stock composition of a portfolio, but to the gender makeup of a company. Bringing more women into the room, she says,… Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch Women’s fund seeks share of prosperity for female-focused firms By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 05 Why there aren’t enough businesswomen at the top, and what Sallie Krawcheck’s doing about it By Sallie Krawcheck Women earn nearly half of all advanced business degrees, but they're still underrepresented in executive positions. Former banking CEO Sallie Krawcheck explains how fairy tales have told women to keep their heads down and how her network encourages women to… Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch July jobs boost keeps up recovery progress, but low ‘quit rate’ tells another story By PBS News Hour July was the sixth month in a row that the economy expanded by more than 200,000 jobs, with growth in a variety of sectors. But despite the good news, there may be other trends that tell a more troubling story,… Continue watching
Aug 01 Another 200K jobs for ‘The Little Engine That Could’ By Simone Pathe July marks the sixth straight month of job gains exceeding 200,000 -- a growth record not seen since 1997. But there's still not enough turnover in the labor market, the Brookings Institution's Justin Wolfers and MIT's Peter Diamond say, to… Continue reading