Dec 04 Watch Job Loss Slows in Nov., Signaling Some Recovery Employers cut the fewest number of jobs in November since the recession started in 2007. Judy Woodruff talks to experts about the unexpected good news and what this could mean for the country's economic future. Continue watching
Dec 04 About Making Sen$e with Paul Solman Making Sen$e with Paul Solman is funded by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Continue reading
Dec 04 Tool$ We Use A series of calculators and tools that I or others on the Making Sen$e team have used to visualize--and make--economic decisions. If you've found one you like, PLEASE let us know. In terms of simplicity and authority, these are our… Continue reading
Dec 03 Who Cares If Wall Street Execs Quit? Question: Why are so many people concerned that if there are controls put on the remuneration of top people in the financial industry, that these people will leave? Aren’t they the prime causes of the financial crisis in the first… Continue reading
Dec 03 Thursday’s Headlines: Afghanistan Hearings, Bernanke on the Hill On an unusually warm December day in Washington this Thursday, top administration officials are gearing up for another day of hearings on President Obama's decision to send an extra 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. In hearings yesterday, Secretary of State… Continue reading
Dec 03 Tough Criticism for Bernanke By Carolyn O'Hara Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke faced tough criticism Thursday from a Senate committee for the central bank's failure to regulate risk-taking on Wall Street. Continue reading
Dec 03 A Closer Look at Our Patchwork Nation By Ray Suarez An old Bob Marley song includes the lyric, “Remember that when the rain falls, it don’t fall on one man’s house.” The worst recession since the Great Depression has hit millions of Americans in expected and unexpected ways. The pain… Continue reading
Dec 03 Obama Hears Ideas for Job Creation at Summit By Carolyn O'Hara As CEOs, labor leaders, and economists gather at the White House Thursday to discuss how to accelerate U.S. job creation, their challenge is tackling double-digit unemployment while keeping the deficit under control. Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch Comcast, NBC Deal Reshapes Media Landscape Cable giant Comcast bought a majority stake in NBC Universal in a deal valued at approximately $30 billion. Jeffrey Browns talks to business journalists for more on the merger. Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch Other News: Bernanke Defends Tenure as Fed Chief In other news, Ben Bernanke defended his tenure as Federal Reserve chairman before Congress on Thursday, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested using money left over from the Wall Street bailout to create more jobs. Continue watching