Jun 30 How a luxury watch and bicycle company became part of Detroit’s revitalization By Kristen Doerer In recent years, a revitalization has taken place in “midtown” Detroit, and businesses, like luxury watch and bicycle company Shinola, have made Detroit their home. Continue reading
Jun 30 Column: Why the Fed should print more money, not less By Paul Solman In the current economic environment, central banks certainly should create new money -- not only to shore up the world banking system short-term in a time of tremulous uncertainty, but more importantly, in order to make necessary investments. Continue reading
Jun 30 Column: What’s behind these big merger deal busts? By Ben Gomes-Casseres Anti-trust authorities have been active of late: several big merger deals have been stopped dead in their tracks. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 2:56 News Wrap: Obama warns against Trump isolationism By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 29 Column: The monetary bubble to end all bubbles is coming By Terry Burnham The world’s central banks are likely to vastly increase their money creation, resulting in the biggest monetary bubble ever, with perhaps $100 trillion more new money on its way into the global economy, predicts economist Terry Burnham. Continue reading
Jun 29 Column: Forget the white picket fence, the American Dream is in the city By Vikram Mansharamani The suburbs still offer a great deal, but there’s a powerful countertrend that is increasingly hard to ignore: a renaissance in cities. Continue reading
Jun 29 States and cities cautiously raise minimum wage By Elaine S. Povich, Stateline Most states have put the Great Recession behind them, but memories of anemic tax revenues and slashed budgets still haunt state lawmakers, and fears about the next downturn are growing as the country’s economic expansion enters the traditional danger zone. Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch 53:01 PBS NewsHour full episode June 28, 2016 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, a raucous meeting of the EU’s parliament exposes the deep divide created by the UK decision to leave. Also: Findings of a two-year report on Benghazi, how juvenile sex offenders are getting locked up for decades,… Continue watching
Jun 28 The business class where high school students are running the company By Vic Pasquantonio A 20-year-old entrepreneur credits a high school business class with giving him the skills and drive to start his own company. Continue reading
Jun 28 Column: Working parents have two jobs — and both are important to the economy By Denise Cummins It’s time we acknowledge that working parents have two jobs — the one at work and the one at home — and both are equally important to our economy. Continue reading