Aug 02 Watch 7:07 A stretch of North Dakota highway witnesses oil's boom and bust By PBS News Hour Oil prices have been dropping since the industry’s boom in 2014, and with that decline comes economic uncertainty for oil towns like Dickinson, North Dakota. Over 180 rigs drilled at the nearby Bakken oil field two years ago; only 27… Continue watching
Aug 02 Column: Why a $15 minimum wage shouldn't scare us By John Komlos Raising the minimum wage has not hurt anyone except the boogeyman in the imagination of the 1 percenters and their entourage. Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch 9:11 The unprecedented aging crisis that's about to hit China By PBS News Hour China has the largest Baby Boom generation in the world. But now just years away from a mass retirement, that country is headed toward a severe workforce crisis and retirement cost cash crunch. Due to the country’s one-child policy from… Continue watching
Aug 01 Most grads say college is a worthy investment, but support making college tuition free By Kulsoom Khan According to a Bankrate survey released Monday, 89 percent of four-year college grads believe that their degree was a good investment. Continue reading
Aug 01 Why do so many investors believe trouble lies ahead? By Making Sen$e Editor Researchers find that media coverage of adverse market outcomes is correlated with investor crash beliefs. Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch 53:39 PBS NewsHour full episode July 29, 2016 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, Hillary Clinton hits the hustings with a bus tour of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Also, Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee are cyber hacked, Florida’s governor says it’s likely that four cases of Zika are… Continue watching
Jul 28 Watch 7:36 Rich immigrant investors hit mountain of fraud in Vermont resort project. By PBS News Hour A project to turn a depressed Vermont ski slope into a bustling year-round resort has become a cautionary tale for foreign investors hoping to get U.S. green cards through the EB-5 cash-for-visas program. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on charges… Continue watching
Jul 27 Column: What we need to do to prevent food shortages on a global scale By Vikram Mansharamani In the coming decades, we’ll need to produce a lot more food or expect to see shortages on a global scale. Continue reading
Jul 27 How do I know I'm not overpaying for Medigap? By Philip Moeller Medigap policies are regulated at the state level. Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch 8:01 Oil smuggling brings environmental disaster to Venezuela's economic ruin By PBS News Hour The economic disaster in Venezuela caused by tumbling petrol prices — oil production is the main industry — is also behind an environmental one. Lake Maracaibo, which sustains the Añu indigenous group, is being contaminated by oil spills and the… Continue watching