Jul 15 Watch Stand-up Economist: Is China Asia’s Ecuador? Standup economist Yoram Bauman has made it to China and filed the second of his vlogs. Continue watching
Jul 15 Obama: It’s ‘Decision Time’ on Debt President Obama wants Congress to decide on plan to raise the debt ceiling. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. The weeklong series of White House meetings with President Obama and bipartisan congressional leaders has apparently produced one concrete result:… Continue reading
Jul 14 The Not-So-Golden Years: Are You Better Prepared Than Other Americans? By Paul Solman Explore a compendium of facts on Americans' shortfalls in retirement savings, presented in graphic form. As should always be your habit with poll data, don't try to take the actual numbers to the bank. But as rough approximations,… Continue reading
Jul 14 The Not-So-Golden Years: Are You Better Off Than Other Americans? This is a compendium of retirement shortfall facts, presented in graphic form by Making Sen$e reporter/producer Elizabeth Shell. As should always be your habit with poll data, don't try to take the actual numbers to the bank. Continue reading
Jul 14 Frustration, Deadlock Dominate Talks Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell, left, Lamar Alexander and Jon Kyl board an elevator en route to a news conference in the Capitol about debt ceiling talks . Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call. If the threat of a credit… Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch Cleveland Manufacturer Welds Together Job Security, Profits Paul Solman looks at a Cleveland company that's handled the economic turmoil differently. Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch Italy: Too Big to Fail? Ray Suarez discusses Italy's economic crisis with guests. Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch News Wrap: Mumbai Bombings Kill at Least 21, Wound More Than 100 In other news Wednesday, three bombings by militants shook Mumbai, India, killing at least 21 and wounding more than 100. Vikas Bajaj of The New York Times reports from Mumbai. Also, Afghan President Karzai's half-brother was buried in Kandahar, a… Continue watching
Jul 13 Woodruff: Young Entrepreneurs Pursue Opportunity in a Tough Economy You often hear it said these days that there's no way the "next" generation will have it as good as their parents did. In fact, public opinion surveys have been showing since as long ago as 2005, well before the… Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch Share and Share Alike This is the 1992 version of an unlikely rust belt success story. Continue watching