Feb 20 Watch Messaging monopoly? Why Facebook is willing to pay $19 billion for WhatsApp By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 20 Is WhatsApp really worth the $19 billion price tag? By Colleen Shalby On Wednesday, Facebook acquired messaging app WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, a number that left many scratching their heads, including "The End of Big" author Nicco Mele. "The valuation is crazy to me," Mele said in… Continue reading
Feb 20 The social impact bond wars: The defense responds and the prosecution rests By Jane Hughes, Alisa Helbitz Social impact bonds link the private, public and nonprofit sectors to deliver cognitive behavior therapy at Rikers Island. So are social impact bonds driving the efficient use of taxpayer dollars? Or is this a financing model easily exploited by corporate… Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch CBO report fuels debate on costs and benefits of boosting the minimum wage By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 19 How social impact bonds put private profit ahead of public good By Mark Rosenman Social impact investing is a win-win for everyone, right? Not so fast, argues Mark Rosenman. It's a bigger win for the private investors like Goldman Sachs. Through impact investing, the bank profits from human services that their taxes, if they… Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch Breaking stereotypes and sharing stories, women use cameras to take aim at hunger By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 18 Adderall not cocaine: inside the lives of the young wolves of Wall Street By Andy Swab After the financial crisis, how many millennials are still interested in pursuing a career in finance? Making Sense catches up with Kevin Roose, author of the new book "Young Money," about how Wall Street culture has changed for young people… Continue reading
Feb 17 Unemployment overtakes political gridlock as America's biggest worry By Simone Pathe Nearly a quarter of Americans cite unemployment as the country’s biggest concern in the February poll, up from 16 percent in January. Continue reading
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