Nov 21 Watch Is Your Startup TechStars Material? Is Your Startup TechStars Material?… Continue watching
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Nov 21 Watch As Poorest U.S. City, Reading Also Struggling With High Dropout Rate One city's struggle to regain its economic footing is also tied to significant problems in its schools. Jeffrey Brown reports from Reading, Pa., as part of our American Graduate series. Continue watching
Nov 21 Watch UC Davis Officials Under Fire Amid Outrage Over ‘Occupy’ Pepper Spraying There was continuing criticism Monday about University of California, Davis police dousing student activists with pepper spray at close range during demonstrations over the weekend. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports. Continue watching
Nov 21 Deficit ‘Supercommittee’ Throws in the Towel The bipartisan co-chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction announced late Monday that the group had failed to reach an agreement. "We are deeply disappointed that we have been unable to come to a bipartisan deficit… Continue reading
Nov 21 How Do Tax Changes Affect Spending? Paul Solman frequently answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Aime Casavant Question: How does raising or lowering taxes affect the economy?… Continue reading
Nov 21 How Do Tax Changes Affect Spending? Paul Solman frequently answers questions from NewsHour viewers and readers on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Aime Casavant Question: How does raising or lowering taxes affect the economy?… Continue reading
Nov 21 Supercommittee Headed for Failure Two days before its Nov. 23 deadline, the congressional supercommittee tasked with creating a plan that would cut $1.2 trillion in the federal budget appears headed for failure. Though no announcement has been made, members of the 12-member, bipartisan committee… Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch Was Charles Darwin the Father of Economics as Well? What does the work of Charles Darwin have to do with economics? As part of his reporting on Making Sen$e of financial news, Paul Solman talks to Robert H. Frank, author of "The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and the Common… Continue watching
Nov 18 Liberal Economist Frank: Congress Will Be Guilty of ‘Gross Political Malpractice’ "Bob Frank and P.J. O'Rourke AGREE," Paul Solman tweeted recently, referring to the political differences of liberal economist Frank and conservative satirist O'Rourke. "Build the damn bridges. Now." Frank and O'Rourke recently partnered to author an opinion… Continue reading