Jun 21 Watch Paul Krugman on the ‘Cartoon Physics’ of the 2008 Crash Economist Paul Krugman discusses the causes of the 2008 Crash with Paul Solman. Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch Labor Union Election Sheds Light on Embattled Future As local governments roll back employee pensions and benefits, the nation's largest public labor union is preparing for an internal leadership battle that could shape its external mission. Gwen Ifill analyzes the stakes with Steven Greenhouse of the New York… Continue watching
Jun 20 Paul Krugman on Ben Bernanke’s ‘Green Shoots’ EmbedVideo(3686, 620, 386); Continuing our profile of economist Paul Krugman, we turn to a topic in the news today: the Federal Reserve. On Monday, remember, we featured Krugman on European austerity, with a response from Jacob… Continue reading
Jun 20 Paul Krugman on Ben Bernanke’s ‘Green Shoots’ EmbedVideo(3686, 482, 304); Continuing our profile of economist Paul Krugman, we turn to a topic in the news today: the Federal Reserve. On Monday, remember, we featured Krugman on European austerity, with a response from Jacob… Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch Bernanke: Fed Was ‘Too Optimistic’ About Recovery Bernanke: Fed Was "Too Optimistic" About Recovery… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch Paul Krugman on Ben Bernanke’s ‘Green Shoots’ Tom Ashbrook interviews Paul Krugman about Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch One Family’s Effort to Buy Black for a Year Paul Solman reports on one African-American family's year-long mission to shop only at black-owned businesses. Part of his Making Sen$e of financial news series, Solman speaks with the family about their "Empowerment Experiment," and looks at some of the challenges… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch Pension Shortfalls Force States to Consider Cutting Benefits Pension Shortfalls Force States to Consider Cutting Benefits… Continue watching
Jun 19 Paul Krugman on Europe ‘Doing the Unthinkable’ EmbedVideo(3671, 620, 386); This week we're profiling one of the more prolific, public and controversial economists -- Paul Krugman. We couldn't fit everything of interest into one piece, so over the next few days we're rescuing some… Continue reading
Jun 19 Paul Krugman on Europe ‘Doing the Unthinkable’ EmbedVideo(3671, 482, 304); This week we're profiling one of the more prolific, public and controversial economists -- Paul Krugman. We couldn't fit everything of interest into one piece, so over the next few days we're rescuing some… Continue reading