Jun 04 The Heavy Load of Student Debt By Paul Solman // We first set out to cover the student-debt story last year when we read David Graeber's book, "Debt: The First 5000 Years" and listened to him speak (online). Graeber was pushing a proposal for mass repudiation… Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch The Heavy Load of Student Debt David Graeber on mounting student debt and what history says about paying it back. Continue watching
Jun 01 Bob McDonnell Showcases Va. Economy as Romney Considers VP Choices By Cassie Chew Gov. Bob McDonnell says Virginia can be a model for national economic success, a message he happens to be taking across his state just as Mitt Romney is considering his options for a running mate. Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch Lackluster Jobs Report Highlights Economic ‘Fear Factor’ A new jobs report released Friday showed the worst single month for job growth in a year, pushing the U.S. unemployment rate up to 8.2 percent. Margaret Warner explores what's behind the weaker jobs picture with Daniel Gross of Yahoo!… Continue watching
Jun 01 Unemployment Rate Rises to 8.2% as 69,000 New Jobs Are Added in April Unemployed veterans search for work at a job fair in Utica, N.Y., last month. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. Uh -- not so good. Not so good at all. That's the verdict for Friday's unemployment numbers. Not only did… Continue reading
Jun 01 Unemployment Rate Rises to 8.2% as 69,000 New Jobs Are Added in April By Paul Solman Unemployed veterans search for work at a job fair in Utica, N.Y., last month. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. Uh -- not so good. Not so good at all. That's the verdict for Friday's unemployment numbers. Not only did employers… Continue reading
May 31 Watch Student Loan Debt: To Pay or Not to Pay? In his second report this week on student lending, economics correspondent Paul Solman examines the challenges that indebted college graduates face and the debate over whether to forgive some or all of their loan burden. Continue watching
May 30 Watch The State Of Student Loans: More Debt, More Defaults, More Problems The State Of Student Loans: More Debt, More Defaults, More Problems… Continue watching
May 30 Can You Still Work Your Way Through College? Vassar College Commencement on May 20 in Poughkeepsie, New York. Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images. By Paul Solman and Elizabeth Shell In researching the growing amount of college loan debt that students are taking on as academic sticker prices… Continue reading
May 30 Can You Still Work Your Way Through College? Vassar College Commencement on May 20 in Poughkeepsie, New York. Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images. In researching the growing amount of college loan debt that students are taking on as academic sticker prices steadily increase, we wondered: Is it… Continue reading