Nov 23 Watch 7:10 Why your Thanksgiving cranberries might be more trouble than they’re worth for local growers By Paul Solman The price of cranberries has been sinking for more than five years due to overproduction. Families like the Rhodes, who own Edgewood Bogs in Massachusetts, are used to periodic cycles of oversupply and falling prices, but new bogs in western… Continue watching
Nov 21 Watch 5:27 How will rolling back net neutrality affect consumers? You’ll have to read the fine print. By PBS News Hour The Trump administration could potentially change how consumers access video, music, web stories and other online content by rolling back many of the net neutrality rules passed by the Obama administration. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says the government should stop… Continue watching
Nov 20 Medicare announced its premiums for 2018. Here’s what you need to know. By Philip Moeller The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that the 2018 premium for Part B of Medicare will remain at $134 a month. But even with no change, millions of Social Security recipients will pay sharply higher Part B premiums… Continue reading
Nov 20 Do trade restrictions work? Lessons from trade with Japan in the 1980s By Lee Branstetter In the 1980s, America’s trade deficit with Japan proved impossible to eliminate with tough talk. This should give us pause about trying to apply this failed strategy again. Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch 8:42 How Microsoft’s CEO has ‘hit refresh’ in business and in life By PBS News Hour What are the hard questions that CEOs need to grapple with in order to renew and rethink business? Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella joins Judy Woodruff to discuss his new book, “Hit Refresh,” as well as how he’s learned empathy from… Continue watching
Nov 16 Watch 9:21 What limiting foreign trade would mean for the U.S. economy By Paul Solman President Donald Trump ran on a campaign promise that he would “put America first” by pulling out of multilateral trade agreements. But for many top industries, outsourcing in the global market is essential for business, not to mention vital to… Continue watching
Nov 16 Can Trump’s go-it-alone approach work in a global economy? By Paul Solman President Donald Trump has pushed a go-it-alone approach to trade that could reshape America's relationship with the global economy. Continue reading
Nov 15 Why the GOP put the individual mandate in its tax plan — and what it means for health care By Daniel Bush Senate Republicans say they'll include a repeal of the health coverage mandate in their tax plan. How would this impact the health care law and tax reform?… Continue reading
Nov 15 How does a married couple make the most of Medicare and an employer health plan? By Philip Moeller A couple finds that insuring the husband through the wife's employer plan is too expensive and doesn't cover much. Could a Medicare option save them money?… Continue reading
Nov 15 WATCH: Senate Finance Committee marks up tax bill By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Obama health care law’s requirement that Americans get insurance coverage is now pinned as a target of Republican lawmakers, as they look to end the individual mandate to help pay for deep cuts in their tax legislation. Continue reading