Sep 13 Watch Government Allowing Lehman Collapse Still Mysterious 2 Years Later The 2008 downfall of financial giant Lehman Brothers prompted global efforts to avoid another international financial crisis. Two financial reporters, John Cassidy and Andrew Ross Sorkin, talk about what we've learned in the two years since Lehman's collapse and what's… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch Shields and Brooks Examine 'Islamaphobia,' Obama's Midterm Tax Cut Debate Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks analyze this week's top political stories, including recent anti-Muslim rhetoric in the U.S. and the debate over extending Bush-era tax cuts. Continue watching
Sep 10 Obama: Economy Growing Again, but Progress 'Painfully Slow' By News Desk President Obama said Friday at a nationally televised news conference that economic progress has been "painfully slow," but investments in business, education and technology will help make America more competitive in the global economy. "While the economy is growing again...the… Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch GOP Congressman: Restrained Spending Buoys U.S. Economy Gwen Ifill gets a Republican view on President Obama's latest economic proposals from Illinois congressman Peter Roskam. Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch Geithner: Bush Economic Policies Made Recession Worse In an interview with Jim Lehrer, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said that President Obama deserves credit for stopping an economic "free fall," exacerbated by the fiscal policies of the Bush administration. Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch Obama Pitches $300B in Business Tax Incentives to Boost Economy President Obama on Wednesday proposed a $300 billion tax cut plan aimed at businesses to help the U.S. economy recover and create new jobs. Kwame Holman reports on the details of the tax incentives and the president's proposed path to… Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch In Midterm Elections, Economy Is Still Job One Judy Woodruff speaks with local public broadcast correspondents from California, Nevada, Ohio and Pennsylvania about voter mood and the midterm elections. Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch Obama Touts Infrastructure Plan for Economy President Obama spent Labor Day in the Midwest and introduced a new $50 billion infrastructure proposal that he says will create new jobs. Jeffrey Brown has more. Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch Stress, Burnout Taking Toll on Many Still in U.S. Workforce As part of his ongoing series of reports on Making Sense of financial news, Paul Solman's reports how economic woes aren't just hard on the unemployed. As the recession drags on, many of those who are employed say they're overworked… Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch Romer: Stimulus Was Effective; Economy Could Have Used More Help The outgoing head of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Romer, speaks with Judy Woodruff on her last day at the White House about the administration's efforts to revive the economy, why she said the stimulus was a good… Continue watching