Aug 23 Twitter chat: How do we solve the student debt crisis? By Vic Pasquantonio To dig into the student debt crisis and discuss possible solutions, join the PBS NewsHour for a Twitter chat at 1 p.m. ET Thursday, Aug. 24 along with leading education voices. Continue reading
Aug 22 Georgia students drop out with high debt despite state surplus By Meredith Kolodner and Sarah Butrymowicz, The Hechinger Report More than half a billion dollars in surplus lottery funds, meant for Georgia’s college students, is sitting unused in the state’s coffers even as many drop out of school, unable to afford to continue. Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch 9:52 Can online shopping absorb traditional retail workers? By PBS News Hour The growth of e-commerce continues to wreak havoc on traditional retail and its workforce, with 5,300 store closings announced in the first half of 2017 and 64,000 job cuts expected. What will become of the 16 million Americans who work… Continue watching
Aug 17 Warby Parker’s CEO on how to thrive in retail as big-box stores are dying By Diane Lincoln Estes Warby Parker’s co-CEO explains why his e-commerce company is opening up brick-and-mortar stores even as traditional big-box retailers are shuttering theirs. Continue reading
Aug 17 Column: The health insurance tax exemption makes care more affordable, not less By Joseph White Public policy professor Joe White replies to Yevgeniy Feyman and Charles Blahous’s argument that the health insurance tax exemption induces people to buy too much health care. Continue reading
Aug 16 Column: The real health care fight is coming, and it’s about seniors’ access By Philip Moeller Older citizens and their families need to be vigilant about efforts to raise the price of their health care, restrict their access to care or deny it to them altogether. Here are three such efforts to be aware of. Continue reading
Aug 16 Column: A tax reform President Trump should like, and you should too By Yevgeniy Feyman, Charles Blahous If both sides of the aisle are serious about improving our health care system, fixing this subsidy must become a priority. Continue reading
Aug 15 Column: Brexit, the U.K.’s version of ‘repeal and replace’ By Wahyd Vannoni Ask “What is the best deal for Britain?" and you will get a variety of contradictory answers. Continue reading
Aug 14 Column: Why Americans are right to rethink free trade By Ralph Gomory The events of the past year have clearly shown that many Americans, whether Democrats or Republicans, have finally rebelled against “free trade.” It is high time. Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch The economic reason this chicken producer gave up antibiotics By PBS News Hour For decades, almost all factory-farmed chickens were raised on antibiotics. But low doses of “maintenance” antibiotics can spur bacteria to build resistance, creating superbugs. Economics correspondent Paul Solman and science correspondent Miles O’Brien report team up to examine why one… Continue watching