May 28 Fixing Google's gender gap shouldn't be so hard By Vivek Wadhwa Silicon Valley companies justify their dearth of women technologists by claiming that there just aren’t enough to go around. And employee data from Google released Wednesday prove that the technology behemoth is no different; only 17 percent of its technology… Continue reading
May 28 DEA allows Kentucky farmers to sow hemp seeds By Dave Sloan After a week-long legal battle with the Drug Enforcement Agency, Kentucky farmers and researchers will be able to sow the first imported hemp seeds. Continue reading
May 26 Why Social Security lowballs benefit estimates By Laurence Kotlikoff Social Security's online calculators intentionally underestimate your benefits to encourage people to save more on their own, explains Social Security expert Larry Kotlikoff. Continue reading
May 23 The critique of Piketty and his reply By Thomas Piketty Former Harvard president Larry Summers admires the research of "rock star" French economist Thomas Piketty, but he's been skeptical that innovation and entrepreneurship don't have more to do with the high rate of return on capital. Innovation is great, Piketty… Continue reading
May 22 Watch What quality of life can workers earning nation's highest minimum wage afford? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 22 Watch Former Treasury secretary reflects on 'deeply unfair' nature of financial crisis recovery By PBS News Hour Timothy Geithner, key architect of the government’s response the financial crisis, joins Gwen Ifill to discuss his new book, "Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises." As the former treasury secretary, Geithner offers perspective on the government’s response to the crisis,… Continue watching
May 22 Why your baggage handler may be on food stamps By Simone Pathe Although Alaska Airlines has challenged in court the $15 an hour minimum wage at Seattle-Tacoma airport, they recently raised the starting wages for some of their contractors to $12 an hour. But not all airport contractors have received a raise,… Continue reading