Apr 02 Watch Jobs Report Hints Economy Could Be Inching Toward Recovery A new economic report showed March had the largest increase in new jobs in three years, but the unemployment rate held steady. Judy Woodruff talks to two economists about what those numbers could mean for the U.S. economy and American… Continue watching
Apr 02 Cash-Strapped States Labor to Fund Jobless Benefits By Online DA With 20 million Americans collecting jobless benefits, unemployment insurance systems around the nation are rapidly drying up. Can cash-strapped states handle the demand?… Continue reading
Apr 01 How Do Our Current Economic Troubles Compare to the 1970s? Question: It seems that comparisons of our current economic troubles to the Great Depression are exaggerated. How would you compare today to the recession of the 1970s? Paul Solman: Pretty close to the worst previous post-… Continue reading
Apr 01 NUMMI Car Plant Closes in California By Jason Breslow The last 1,500 employees at the West Coast's only car plant will be out of a job by day's end Thursday when a 26-year experiment in auto-making officially comes to a close. The New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. plant,… Continue reading
Mar 31 How Do Other Countries Afford Universal Health Care? Question: I have heard repeatedly that every major economy, besides the U.S., has universal health care. I have also heard that the Medicare program, which obviously doesn’t cover everyone, is headed for bankruptcy. How do these other countries afford to… Continue reading
Mar 30 Economic Insight for Millenials Question: What are the top three bits of economic insight that Millennials should take note of as we face the world post-college during this period of economic recession? Paul Solman: 1. Internalize the basic message of economics: Decision-making is the… Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch Peru Nurtures Growth Amid Economic Uncertainty In the first part of a series on Peru, Ray Suarez reports on a growing and business friendly environment in a country rebounding from economic instability and deep debt just twenty years ago. Continue watching
Mar 26 Greece's Rescue Plan Includes Unprecedented IMF Loans By Larisa Epatko A European Union financial safety net for Greece approved late Thursday contains potential bilateral loans from eurozone countries and assistance from the International Monetary Fund. Continue reading
Mar 26 Who Is to Blame for the Meltdown? Question: I keep hearing conservatives like Amity Shlaes blaming the meltdown on Fannie and Freddie and CRA, and liberals like Dean Baker and John Cassidy minimizing the role of Fannie/Freddie/CRA. They say it was… Continue reading