Dec 17 Watch Axelrod 'Confident' on Health Reform Prospects in Senate President Obama is facing major challenges in the next 48 hours, including opposition to climate change and health care reform legislation. White House senior adviser David Axelrod speaks with Jim Lehrer about those obstacles. Continue watching
Dec 16 FTC Accuses Intel of Stifling Competition The Federal Trade Commission sued Intel* Wednesday, accusing the world's biggest chipmaker of using illegal tactics to stifle its competition. The FTC accused Intel, which supplies about 80 percent of the world's microprocessors, of waging "a systematic campaign… Continue reading
Dec 16 Excerpts from 'Keynes: The Return of the Master' By Carolyn O'Hara Lord Robert Skidelsky has written a celebrated biography of economist John Maynard Keynes, which he recently discussed with economics correspondent Paul Solman in an interview. Listen to Skidelsky read a portion of an excerpt of the biography below. Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch Other News: FTC Accuses Intel of Antitrust Violations In other news, the Federal Trade Commission filed suit against Intel for allegedly trying to unfairly stifle competition, and the House voted to let the government borrow another $290 billion over six weeks. Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch Keynes vs. Hayek: Late Economists' Hip-Hop Legacy As part of his continuing series Making Sense of financial news, Paul Solman has a unique look at the legacy of economist John Maynard Keynes, who first introduced the concept of government intervention in the economy, and his countertenor Friedrich… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch Battle Lines Drawn Around 'Person of the Year' Amid nationwide dissatisfaction with the economy, Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" Ben Bernanke faces some opposition in Congress as he looks to serve another term as Federal Reserve chairman. Kwame Holman reports, and then Jim Lehrer speaks with economic… Continue watching
Dec 16 Making Sen$e of 2010: Conventional Wisdoms That May Be Wrong 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 conventional wisdom with which you most disagree?… Continue reading
Dec 15 Making Sen$e of 2010: Economic Surprises in Store 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 economic development would surprise you most?… Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch How Big is Too Big to Fail? Paul Solman talks to economist George Schultz about the merging of large, national banks and how that could impact the idea that some companies are too big to fail. Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch Other News: Car Bombings Rock Afghanistan, Pakistan In other news, car bombings in both Afghanistan and Pakistan killed at least 40 people and wounded scores more, and medical research pointed to possible danger from radiation during CAT scans. Continue watching