Economy Apr 20 Oil price goes negative as demand collapses A barrel of benchmark U.S. oil for May delivery fell to negative $3.70 per barrel. By Stan Choe, Damian J. Troise, Alex Veiga, Associated Press
World Jun 21 Watch 5:03 Venezuelans face collapsing economy, starvation and crime Plummeting worldwide fuel prices have damaged several economies, but perhaps no country has been hit harder than Venezuela. Once flush with oil money, the nation now faces a collapsing economy, skyrocketing inflation and a wave of looting and crime driven… By PBS News Hour
Nation Dec 22 The Indiana Jones of collapsed cultures: Our Western civilization itself is a bubble Bill Gates may think we're living in the greatest time in history. But the same elements of our society that have allowed Western civilization to succeed also spell its impending collapse. Anthropologist Ted Fischer interviews fellow Vanderbilt anthropologist Arthur Demarest… By Edward Fischer
Economy Jan 14 Watch Economists Place Their Bets With Predictions for 2009 In the second of his new series on making sense of financial news, Paul Solman asks economists for predictions for the year ahead and interviews "standup economist" Yoram Bauman, who mines financial news for comedic material.
Mar 17 Fed Makes Weekend Move to Aid Credit Markets By Admin, PBS News Hour Amid news of a fire sale buyout deal for lending group Bear Stearns, the Federal Reserve took more bold action over the weekend. Continue reading