Dec 12 'Record Inequality Between Rich and Poor,' According to OECD Today we feature a short, simple, surprising inequality video that sums up a lot of recent research from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the 34-member OECD. Take a look. Here's a sampling of our own reporting… Continue reading
Dec 12 Do Policies that Slash Spending Drag the Economy Down? Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Roy Pettis Question: Aren't these steps of cutting… Continue reading
Dec 12 Do Policies that Slash Spending Drag the Economy Down? Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Roy Pettis Question: Aren't these steps of cutting… Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch Why Are Conservatives Happier Than Liberals? How do feelings about ideology and economic inequality affect a person's happiness? As part of his reporting of Making Sen$e of financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman explores the connection and asks some liberals at Occupy DC and conservatives at… Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch What Would Debt Deal Mean for Euro, European Union, U.K.? After marathon talks, the European Union moved closer to a deal to solve the debt crisis. Jeffrey Brown discusses what the agreement might mean for Europe with the EU's Deputy Chief of Mission Francois Rivasseau and Dan McCrum of The… Continue watching
Dec 09 Weather's Dozen: 2011 Breaks U.S. Billion-Dollar Disaster Record An evacuation sign asks residents to leave Eagar, Ariz. as the Wallow Fire swept through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images. Between fires, twisters, hurricanes, droughts and floods, 2011 has been Mother Nature's most continuously… Continue reading
Dec 09 Weather's Dozen: 2011 Breaks U.S. Billion-Dollar Disaster Record An evacuation sign asks residents to leave Eagar, Ariz. as the Wallow Fire swept through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images. Between fires, twisters, hurricanes, droughts and floods, 2011 has been Mother Nature's most continuously… Continue reading
Dec 09 Weather's Dozen: 2011 Breaks U.S. Billion-Dollar Disaster Record By Elizabeth Shell Between fires, twisters, hurricanes, droughts and floods, 2011 has been Mother Nature's most continuously whopping year for the United States. Data released by NOAA now counts a record of 12 disasters passing the $1 billion mark in 2011 -- smashing… Continue reading
Dec 09 Britain Refuses to Join Euro Pact British Prime Minister David Cameron. File photo by Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images. In one of their most famous clashes during World War II, Winston Churchill told Charles de Gaulle, "Each time [Britain] must choose between Europe and the open sea,… Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch On Dec. 14, Join Secretary Clinton, Jim Lehrer for Live Talk About Jobs, Trade For more information on this go to: http://to.pbs.org/tZsvqU… Continue watching