Sep 16 Column: When corporations were a source of greater equality By Gerald Davis The postwar era of corporate dominance corresponded to a period of remarkable economic growth, social mobility and relative income equality in the United States. Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 15, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, Hillary Clinton returns to campaigning after a break to recuperate from pneumonia. We take the pulse of Ohio voters in a key GOP stronghold. Also: The rise in political computer hacks, what happens when big businesses… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch 8:54 Will mega-corporations give way to a local manufacturing renaissance? By PBS News Hour Big companies today aren't creating nearly as many middle-class jobs. Instead they're hiring out much of the work to contractors around the world. But what if we could reverse engineer our technology to bring about a new era of local… Continue watching
Sep 15 Column: The rise and fall of the U.S. corporation By Gerald Davis The corporation is not an eternal institution, but a transient one, at least in the long sweep of history. Continue reading
Sep 15 Trump outlines vision for economy, promising large tax cuts By Jonathan Lemire and Jill Colvin, Associated Press NEW YORK — Donald Trump outlined his vision for managing the nation's economy as president on Thursday, promising that his plans to lower taxes by $4.4 trillion over a decade and cut regulations would lead to booming growth, create millions… Continue reading
Sep 14 Last year’s COLA headache is likely to return this fall By Philip Moeller The wheels started falling off this wagon last year, because there was no consumer price inflation and thus a zero COLA for 2016. Medicare expenses and premiums continued to rise, however. Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch 3:12 The U.S. just got a big pay raise. Why don’t we feel it? By PBS News Hour It’s a major issue on the campaign trail: American angst about jobs and wages. New census data from last year shows that for the first time in almost a decade, household incomes in the U.S. have gone up and the… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch 54:29 PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 13, 2016 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, U.S. incomes rise for the first time in almost a decade as poverty rates drop. Also: Questions arise around Donald Trump’s charity, an Italian farm in Italy that’s run by immigrants is missing a key ingredient,… Continue watching
Sep 13 Income is up, poverty is down, but neither are back at pre-recession levels By Kristen Doerer With improving incomes, 3.5 million people climbed out of poverty in 2015, pushing down the official poverty rate to 13.5 percent. Continue reading
Sep 12 How banks target less savvy borrowers with visual distractions and hidden fees By Making Sen$e Editor There are substantial differences in the credit card offers that banks extend to different potential customers. Continue reading