Oct 17 Watch Will Occupy Wall Street Movement Stand Apart From U.S. Party Politics? As economic protests spread globally, world leaders took note of the movements' possible implications. Jeffrey Brown discusses the causes, strengths and weaknesses of the growing protests in the U.S. and abroad with Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder, Josh Barro of… Continue watching
Oct 17 Protecting Lifetime Income Flickr Creative Commons photo courtesy Images_of_Money Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and readers on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Karen Lepere Question: OK, no millions in… Continue reading
Oct 17 Making Sen$e: Protecting Lifetime Income Flickr Creative Commons photo courtesy Images_of_Money Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and readers on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Karen Lepere Question: OK, no millions in $20s… Continue reading
Oct 17 Around the Nation: The Occupy Movement By Saskia de Melker What began as the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York has now spread to cities across the United States. Here's a roundup of the latest public media coverage of the weekend protests around the nation: At the movement's original… Continue reading
Oct 17 Occupy Wall Street Movement Expands to International Cities By Saskia de Melker Following weeks of protests in New York and other cities in the United States, demonstrators took to the streets in locations around the world in similarly fashioned protests over the weekend, resulting in hundreds of arrests. Continue reading
Oct 17 Hundreds Arrested Worldwide in Latest ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protests A pedestrian passes a vandalized automated teller machine (ATM), operated by Banca Popolare del Lazio, in Rome on Sunday. Photo by Victor Sokolowicz/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Following weeks of protests in New York and other cities in the United… Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch Ohio Voters Weigh Repeal of Controversial Collective-Bargaining Law A controversial new Ohio law aimed at restricting the collective-bargaining rights of 360,000 unionized public employees has led to a major political fight and a voter referendum in this battleground state. Gwen Ifill reports on the issue that has both… Continue watching
Oct 14 Chinese Housing Bubble: A Troubling Update from Beijing By Paul Solman // In this latest dispatch from China, stand-up economist Yoram Bauman explores the possibility of a Beijing housing bubble. We first reported on this threat in our "China on the Rise" series back in 2005, when MIT economist and… Continue reading
Oct 14 Chinese Housing Bubble: A Troubling Update from Beijing EmbedVideo(1753, 482, 304); In this latest dispatch from China, stand-up economist Yoram Bauman explores the possibility of a Beijing housing bubble. We first reported on this threat in our "China on the Rise" series back in 2005,… Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch Chinese Housing Bubble: A Troubling Update from Beijing Stand-up economist Yoram Bauman explores the possibility of a Beijing housing bubble. Continue watching