Feb 17 Why abolishing the corporate income tax is good for American workers By Laurence Kotlikoff Ending the corporate income tax may be the best way to make corporations, and not American workers, bear the tax burden that comes with corporate profits, argues Larry Kotlikoff. Continue reading
Feb 16 What’s your story of long-term unemployment? By Elisabeth Ponsot When the federally funded Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program expired on Dec. 28, 1.3 million Americans lost their long-term unemployment insurance -- a number that continues to rise as people across the country exhaust regular state benefits. Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch Extreme winter weather causes widespread disruption for U.S. economy By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 14 Why the dreams and nightmares of NAFTA didn’t come true By Elizabeth Shell It was 20 years ago this year that Canada, Mexico and the U.S. created the North American Free Trade Agreement. At the time, businessman and presidential candidate Ross Perot predicted a "giant sucking sound" of U.S. jobs heading south into… Continue reading
Feb 14 How to stay ahead of robots in the ‘second machine age’ By Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee The robots are here. Now what are humans supposed to do to make a living? MIT's Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee want to see America creatively invest in the skills and entrepreneurship that will give humans the competitive edge. Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch Closing the Gap: Sen. Tim Scott on fighting poverty by offering ‘cafeteria plan’ of educational choices By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch In ‘second machine age’ of robots, it’s time for humans to get creative By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch Possible unionization by Volkswagen auto workers spurs political backlash in Tennessee By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch How will regulators see the Comcast-Time Warner deal? By PBS News Hour Comcast is making a bid to buy Time Warner for $45 billion. If approved, Comcast will extend its geographic reach and control nearly 30 percent of all paid cable subscribers in the United States. Gwen Ifill learns more about the… Continue watching