Jun 07 Is Everyone Sharing the Pain in Spain? Church of Our Lady of Incarnation in Spain. Photo by SantiMB via Flickr Creative Commons. In the second part of her dispatch from Spain, former New York Times correspondent and friend of Making Sen$e, Ana Westley describes the… Continue reading
May 24 Watch Eurozone's Possible 'Lehman Moment': What it Means for U.S. As the U.S. election season heats up amid rising debt, Europe's woes, expiring Bush-era tax cuts and a scheduled round of spending cuts, the Congressional Budget Office warned the economy could head back into recession. Judy Woodruff speaks with Harvard… Continue watching
May 17 Watch News Wrap: Future of Eurozone Uncertain as Greek Credit Rating Drops News Wrap: Future of Eurozone Uncertain as Greek Credit Rating Drops… Continue watching
May 15 Watch How Europe's Turmoil Rattles World Markets Greece's political turmoil intensified Tuesday amid calls for fresh elections. Ray Suarez gets the latest from reporter John Psaropoulos. He then turns to Fred Bergsten of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Nicholas Burns of Harvard Kennedy School for… Continue watching
May 08 Watch Sen. Tom Coburn's Solution for 'Debt Bomb': Everybody Must Sacrifice Sen. Tom Coburn's Solution for 'Debt Bomb': Everybody Must Sacrifice… Continue watching
May 01 Watch After the Fall: People, Banks 'Still Cautious' on Credit, Debts After the Fall: People, Banks 'Still Cautious' on Credit, Debts… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch Shields, Brooks on 'Mutual Pandering' Over Student Loans, Immigration Law Shields, Brooks on 'Mutual Pandering' Over Student Loans, Immigration Law… Continue watching
Apr 23 Watch How Economic Austerity Is Driving Voter Discontent in Europe President Nicolas Sarkozy took second to socialist candidate Francois Hollande in France's first-round elections Sunday. Ray Suarez and the Brookings Institution's Justin Vaisse discuss Sarkozy's uphill fight and the wider reaction against economic austerity measures in Europe as the Dutch… Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch We Built This City on Debt 'n' Entitlements: Stockton Faces Bankruptcy Threat We Built This City on Debt 'n' Entitlements: Stockton Faces Bankruptcy Threat… Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch What Greece's Latest Cuts Mean for Workers, EU Greek political leaders reached a much-anticipated agreement Thursday on yet another round of austerity cuts. Jeffrey Brown and John Psaropolous of the blog The New Athenian discuss implications for Greeks, the country's economy and its relationship with the continent. Continue watching