Sep 22 A Clarification of Medicare and Medicaid From Our Last Inequality Report Editor's Note: Many viewers took us to task for failing to acknowledge in our report on Wednesday's program that custodial nursing home care is usually paid for by Medicaid, rather than Medicare. They are correct: Medicare… Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch Markets Plunge Despite Latest Fed Efforts to Prop Up Economy Markets plunged around the world on Thursday amid mounting fears of a global economic recession. Jeffrey Brown discusses what caused the sell-off and the Federal Reserve's latest efforts to prop up the economy with The Economist's Greg Ip and RDQ… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch Investors Worldwide Watch Shares Take a Beating European markets finished at a 26-month low on Thursday, as markets plunged around the world amid mounting fears of a global economic recession. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Sep 22 A Broader View of America's Wealth Inequality EmbedVideo(1575, 514, 320); Editor's Note: Wednesday's story, featuring economist Robert Lerman's take on the distribution of wealth in the United States, has generated a flood of comments. Lerman has agreed to respond to many of the points… Continue reading
Sep 22 Single, Jobless and Living at Home: Will Economy Create a 'Lost Generation'? In record numbers, 20-somethings are delaying big moves like marriage and home ownership -- and opting instead to live at home with their parents. The depth of the recession and the weak recovery have left young adults facing the bleakest… Continue reading
Sep 22 A Broader View of America's Wealth Inequality EmbedVideo(1575, 482, 304); Editor's Note: Wednesday's story, featuring economist Robert Lerman's take on the distribution of wealth in the United States, has generated a flood of comments. Lerman has agreed to respond to many of the points… Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch Do Social Safety Net Programs Shrink Gap in U.S. Economic Inequality? Is Economic Inequality Factoring in Social Security, Health Care?… Continue watching
Sep 21 Easy As Pie: Inequality In Downloadable Charts EmbedVideo(1266, 482, 304); Editor's Note: We've been looking at inequality quite a bit lately. In the piece 'Land of the Free, Home of the Poor,' we used a trio of pie charts broken down into five quintiles… Continue reading
Sep 21 Easy As Pie: Inequality In Downloadable Charts EmbedVideo(1266, 482, 304); Editor's Note: We've been looking at inequality quite a bit lately. In the piece 'Land of the Free, Home of the Poor,' we used a trio of pie charts broken down into five quintiles… Continue reading
Sep 21 Authors Explore How to 'Give Smart' to Charities When Every Dollar Counts Even in a sluggish economy, Americans still give away billions of dollars to charitable causes. With this in mind, Judy Woodruff spoke with the authors of a new book aimed at making charitable giving more effective. Titled "Give… Continue reading