Oct 17 Watch New Bankruptcy Law Two experts discuss the new, stricter requirements for filing for bankruptcy in America, which took effect Monday. Continue watching
Oct 14 Planners Consider Future of New Orleans By PBS News Hour Officials in New Orleans, a city twice flooded by hurricanes in 2005, now face the challenge of rebuilding one of America's most unique cities while making it safe for residents to live and work. Continue reading
Oct 14 Massive Recovery Effort Raises Cost Concerns By Admin, PBS News Hour The devastation left by hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Gulf Coast will require the largest recovery and rebuilding effort ever undertaken by the United States. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch Government Control Over China’s Economy Even as China moves toward a more globalized economy, political freedom in the communist country remains restricted. The seventh report on China looks at the difficulty of innovation in a censored environment. Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch Intellectual Piracy in China By PBS News Hour Merchants selling fake products such as Pfizer's Viagra in violation of intellectual property rights threaten manufacturers who depend on patents to protect large monetary investments in research and development. The sixth report in a series on China's rising economy examines… Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch Interview With Cheng Siwei Chinese Communist Party official Cheng Si-wei talks to NewsHour correspondent Paul Solman about economic relations with the United States, foreign investment, textile exports and the recent revaluation of China's currency. Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch Misinvestment in China By PBS News Hour In recent years, China's government has channeled investment into urban and business development, neglecting its enormous peasant class. The government recently pledged, however, to bridge the income gap. Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch Game Theory University of Maryland professor Thomas Schelling, one of the recent winners of the Nobel Prize for economics, discusses the field of game theory. Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch Bridging the Income Gap in China Two experts discusses a recent shift in economic policy by the Chinese government. Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch Hurricane Katrina Job Losses Two experts discuss the unemployment fallout from Hurricane Katrina. Continue watching