Dec 13 What’s Causing US Personal Spending to Drop- Job Loss, Fear? By Elizabeth Shell Name: Michael Cassady Question: Paul, If the U.S. consumer market is the economic driver of the U.S. economy, and that of China too, with middle-class incomes stagnant, and consumer debt more controlled following the housing market bubble, how many jobs… Continue reading
Nov 26 Watch As Holiday Shopping Kicks Off, Middle Class Appears ‘Marginally Better’ Major retailers like Best Buy and Toys "R" Us are seeing longer lines this year and hoping it translates into higher sales for the holiday shopping season. But Yahoo! Finance economics editor Daniel Gross says it takes more than good… Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch Consumer Czar Warren Sees Transparency in Banking as Top Priority Elizabeth Warren, the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, talks to Jeffrey Brown about the goals of her new agency and how she plans to empower Americans to make better financial choices. Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch News Wrap: Consumers, CEOs Hold Gloomier Economic Outlook A business research group reported that U.S. consumers and business executives have a pessimistic outlook for the future, noting consumer confidence was the lowest since February. Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Warren Spells Out Mission for New Consumer Watchdog Agency President Obama named Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren to head a new consumer financial protection agency, but the nomination does not require Senate confirmation -- a move that irked some. Judy Woodruff speaks with banking consultant Bert Ely and UCLA… Continue watching
Dec 17 Making Sen$e of 2010: Indicators to Watch By Carolyn O'Hara As the end of a tumultuous economic year approaches, the PBS NewsHour asked several economists and financial experts to look ahead to 2010 and answer one question: What is the economic indicator to watch and why?… Continue reading
Nov 09 20 Years After the Fall, Nostalgia Builds for East German Design Nostalgia for the East -- or 'ostalgie,' a portmanteau combining the words ost ('east') and nostalgie ('nostalgia') -- has taken hold in contemporary, unified Germany. Continue reading
Aug 24 More on Our Correction to Friday’s Segment Paul Solman: There’s more to add to our earlier correction to Friday’s segment: We have heard from Social Security and it is indeed the case that benefits do NOT go… Continue reading
Aug 24 Author of ‘Cheap’ Answers (More of) Your Questions Editor’s note: Paul recently sat down with author and professor Ellen Ruppel Shell to discuss her new book, Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture. At the heart of Shell’s premise is the idea that our love of… Continue reading
Jul 28 Thaler Responds to Posner on Consumer Protection Paul Solman: Earlier this month, I was pleased to learn that one of the most intriguing economists of my career span, the University of Chicago’s Richard Thaler, had entered the rotation of the… Continue reading