Aug 27 Watch 7:59 Why some manufacturers are returning to the U.S. By Christopher Booker, Connie Kargbo Both presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump pledged to bring manufacturing jobs back to American shores as the economy became a central theme in this year’s presidential elections. But some jobs, once thought to be forever lost to cheaper… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch 9:19 For Trump, China is at the heart of U.S. economic problems By PBS News Hour This year’s presidential election has emphasized the trio of trade, globalization and jobs. For the next three weeks, Making Sen$e’s Paul Solman will dive into the candidates’ perspectives on these issues. He starts with Donald Trump, whose trade rhetoric tends… Continue watching
Aug 13 What Trump and Clinton didn't say in their economic speeches By Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton spelled out their economic visions in high-profile speeches in Michigan this week. Continue reading
Aug 08 Trump vows tax cuts to 'jumpstart' U.S. in revamped economic plan By Jill Colvin and Josh Lederman, Associated Press Donald Trump unleashed a blistering attack Monday on Hillary Clinton's approach to the economy while promising he would provide deep tax cuts and jolt middle class workers back to prosperity. Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 2:32 News Wrap: Chicago police release video from fatal shooting of unarmed black teen By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, authorities in Chicago released video footage of a car chase and altercation between police and black teenager Paul O’Neal, who was fatally shot. Reports indicate O’Neal was unarmed. Also, in South Africa, the African National… Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch 11:14 Comparing the presidential candidates' approaches to the economy By PBS News Hour July saw 255,000 jobs created and unemployment flat at 4.9%. How would the candidates boost the economy? Clinton seeks major infrastructure projects and a higher minimum wage, while Trump wants business tax cuts to encourage companies to invest in employees. Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch 7:07 A stretch of North Dakota highway witnesses oil's boom and bust By PBS News Hour Oil prices have been dropping since the industry’s boom in 2014, and with that decline comes economic uncertainty for oil towns like Dickinson, North Dakota. Over 180 rigs drilled at the nearby Bakken oil field two years ago; only 27… Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch 8:01 Oil smuggling brings environmental disaster to Venezuela's economic ruin By PBS News Hour The economic disaster in Venezuela caused by tumbling petrol prices — oil production is the main industry — is also behind an environmental one. Lake Maracaibo, which sustains the Añu indigenous group, is being contaminated by oil spills and the… Continue watching
Jul 03 Watch 3:04 What's behind Venezuela's economic crisis? By PBS News Hour Venezuelans are struggling with shortages of food, medicine and other necessities, with increasing finger-pointing at the leadership of President Nicolas Maduro. For more on the challenges facing the country, Nicholas Casey of The New York Times joins Hari Sreenivasan from… Continue watching
Jun 25 Watch 3:04 What Brexit might do to the British economy By PBS News Hour Now that the UK has voted to leave the EU, one of the biggest remaining questions is how it will affect the British economy. Hari Sreenivasan sits down with London School of Economics professor Swati Dhingra, who has been studying… Continue watching