Aug 06 Watch 7:53 Building an oasis in a Philadelphia food desert By PBS News Hour In Philadelphia, a fourth-generation supermarket owner has gone where others have feared to tread: food deserts, low-income neighborhoods that have no direct access to a real grocery store. The small chain has given these communities a place to get nutritious… Continue watching
Aug 06 How a grocery store job turned this former inmate’s life around By Diane Lincoln Estes, Kristen Doerer While reporting on a chain of successful, family-owned supermarkets in Philadelphia food deserts, economics correspondent Paul Solman met ex-offender Anthony Jackson who discussed his path from prison to frozen food manager. Continue reading
Aug 06 Watch 2:44 How a grocery store job turned this former inmate’s life around By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 05 Which Medigap plan should you get? By Philip Moeller What are the differences between the plans? Our Medicare expert explains. Continue reading
Aug 03 When it comes to Social Security, patience provides a tremendous return By Laurence Kotlikoff Should you take your Social Security benefits now, or should you wait? Social Security expert Laurence Kotlikoff answers your Social Security questions. Continue reading
Aug 03 What do monkeys and humans have in common? An innate sense of economic justice By Ian Morris All primates value fairness of some kind. Ian Morris explains how our sense of fairness and economic justice have evolved to where they are today. Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch 1:52 Should Uber drivers be considered employees? Viewers sound off. By PBS News Hour Hari Sreenivasan reads viewer comments on NewsHour Weekend’s report from last week on how the definition of “employee” is changing in the sharing economy -- where companies like Uber and Instacart have taken off. Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch 9:50 Why is New York City cracking down on Airbnb? By PBS News Hour Short-term housing rental industry giant Airbnb now lists more than 1 million rooms available in 192 countries. The platform's largest market is in New York City, with more than 25,000 listings per night, but it's also where the debate over… Continue watching
Jul 31 Sour economy threatens the American Dream By John Komlos What does a stagnant economy mean for the pursuit of the American Dream? John Komlos warns that the golden days of growth are over. Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch 8:42 Do labor-saving robots spell doom for American workers? By PBS News Hour The onslaught of automation that's replacing human workers -- from golf caddies to bank tellers -- may be putting us on a path to humanitarian crisis, says Jerry Kaplan, author of "Humans Need Not Apply." As technology grows and jobs… Continue watching