Nation Jan 27 Demand, infrastructure affects price and delivery of heat amid very cold winter By Judy Woodruff, PBS NewsHour
Arts Oct 02 Watch In India, high demand for wives sends young women into marriages far from home In India, high demand for wives sends young women into marriages far from home…
Nation Jul 25 Watch Calif. Inmates ‘Prepared to Starve Themselves’ to Protest Indefinite Isolation Calif. Inmates 'Prepared to Starve Themselves' to Protest Indefinite Isolation…
World Oct 11 Watch Demand for Illegal Ivory Explodes in Asia, Where Industry Expands Despite Ban Despite a 1990 global treaty illegalizing the sale of elephant tusks, religious faiths across Asia value ivory and are willing to pay for it. In China, demand has been met with the construction of major factories to process and produce…
Economy Oct 05 Watch News Wrap: California Gasoline Prices Spike Causing Panicked Rush to the Pumps News Wrap: California Gasoline Prices Spike Causing Panicked Rush to the Pumps…
Dec 23 Watch Author Daniel Yergin on U.S. Need for a ‘Diversified Energy Portfolio’ Amid concern over tensions and violence in Iraq and Syria, oil prices rose to nearly $100 a barrel Friday. Jeffrey Brown discusses the ongoing hunt for untapped reserves of energy and how the demand for energy has shaped political and… Continue watching
May 16 ‘Demand’ Driving Inflation? A Viewer Begs to Differ A complaint lodged with the PBS Ombudsman was passed along after Friday's broadcast and seemed worth answering in a public forum. "I do not understand why Paul Solman did not challenge Roberto Rigobon when he said rising prices… Continue reading
Jul 30 Exxon, Shell Report Massive Drops in Profits Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. reported Thursday that its earnings plunged 66 percent in the second quarter, following a steep decline in fuel prices over the past year. Continue reading
Jul 21 Why Do CEOs Make So Much Money? Question: Why do CEOs make so much money? The answer must be supply and demand, but I would like to hear a good analysis of the cost benefit. I do realize too however: Would… Continue reading
Jun 25 Will the Actions of the Fed and Treasury Keep Asset Prices Artificially High? Question: It seems to me like the Fed and the Treasury are trying very hard to keep asset prices high. The Fed has vastly increased the money supply, partly by lowering interest rates to zero, and partially through quantitative easing. Continue reading