Nov 09 For the Love of Chinese Bread By Paul Solman // Economic analysis of a local, family-run bread bakery is the topic of the latest dispatch from Yoram Bauman, our temporary economist-in-residence in China. Using his improving (but still a bit limited) language skills and a visit to the… Continue reading
Nov 09 For the Love of Chinese Bread EmbedVideo(1942, 482, 304); An economic analysis of a local, family-run bread bakery is the topic of the latest dispatch from Yoram Bauman, our temporary economist-in-residence in China. Using his improving (but still a bit limited) language… Continue reading
Nov 09 Watch For the Love of Chinese Bread Economic analysis of a bakery is the topic of this dispatch from Yoram Bauman in China. Continue watching
Nov 09 Italy’s Debt Rate Hits Record 7% Despite Word of Berlusconi Resignation By News Desk Roberto Maroni, Italy's interior minister, left, speaks with Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, during a voting session on last year's budget report inside the Chamber of Deputies in Rome, Italy, on Tuesday. Photo by Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg via Getty Images. One… Continue reading
Nov 08 Politics, Democracy, Anarchy – Does the World Owe Greece? A national flag of Greece flies outside the Greek stock exchange in Athens. Photo by Kostas Tsironis/Bloomberg via Getty Images. In Greece last summer for the NewsHour, we interviewed a plain-spoken, candid economist named Manos Matsaganis. As… Continue reading
Nov 08 Politics, Democracy, Anarchy – Does the World Owe Greece? A national flag of Greece flies outside the Greek stock exchange in Athens. Photo by Kostas Tsironis/Bloomberg via Getty Images. In Greece last summer for the NewsHour, we interviewed a plain-spoken, candid economist named Manos Matsaganis. As… Continue reading
Nov 07 Watch 49 Million Americans in Poverty, Census Calculates The Census Bureau released a new unofficial count of poverty in America on Monday, showing about 16 percent of the population live at or below the poverty line. Ray Suarez discusses the new numbers with The Brookings Institution's Ron Haskins… Continue watching
Nov 07 Poverty’s Changing Profile in the U.S. Fresh produce is viewed at the Central Park United Methodist Church weekly food pantry on Oct.19, 2011 in Reading, Pennsylvania. The church feeds thousands of needy Reading residents monthly and relies on donations and volunteers to keep its increasingly… Continue reading
Nov 07 ‘The Buyout of America’ Author on Occupy Wall Street Protests By Paul Solman // A year ago July, we did a story on "private equity" featuring journalist Josh Kosman, who'd written a book, "The Buyout of America." In it, Kosman blamed private equity firms for buying companies with borrowed money, taking… Continue reading
Nov 07 ‘The Buyout of America’ Author on Occupy Wall Street Protests EmbedVideo(1924, 482, 304); A year ago July, we did a story on "private equity" featuring journalist Josh Kosman, who'd written a book, "The Buyout of America." In it, Kosman blamed private equity firms for buying companies… Continue reading