Jan 31 Why the ‘Sandwich Generation’ Pays When Young Adults Can’t Find Jobs Image by Neil Webb/Ikon Images. With the unemployment rate for young people still nearly double the national rate, young adults are not the only ones who bear the burden of the economic recession. A new Pew Research Center… Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch Despite Fall in GDP, U.S. Economic Fundamentals Show Forward Momentum Despite Fall in GDP, U.S. Economic Fundamentals Show Forward Momentum… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch Is China’s Fast-Growing Economy Headed for a Crash? Will the Chinese economy continue its torrid pace of growth and overtake the U.S.'s top status? Or is it a bubble destined to burst, taking the world economy down with it? Paul Solman interviews a highly-respected China "bull" and a… Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch News Wrap: Secretary Ken Salazar Announces Departure From Interior Department In other news Wednesday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced plans to step down from his position in March. During his four years working for the Obama administration, Salazar pushed for greater conservation and renewable energy. Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch Greek Poets Muse Austerity Measures: ‘We’ll Hawk the Parthenon to Buy Our Bread’ Greek Poets Muse Austerity Measures: 'We'll Hawk the Parthenon to Buy Our Bread'… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch Obama Sticks to His Guns, But Congress Negotiations on Deficit Deal ‘Go Nowhere’ Obama Sticks to His Guns, But Congress Negotiations on Deficit Deal 'Go Nowhere'… Continue watching
Nov 09 Watch Will Taxes Be Sticking Point in Debate Over How to Tackle Federal Budget? Will Taxes Be Sticking Point in Debate Over How to Tackle Federal Budget?… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch Slow Growth Is Biggest Economic Challenge Facing Incoming President Slow Growth Is Biggest Economic Challenge Facing Incoming President… Continue watching
Oct 26 Does Decline of Middle Class Have an Upside? GlobalPost Takes a Look By Larisa Epatko The struggling middle class in America is spotlighted in the current presidential campaign as never before in recent memory, prompting the international news organization GlobalPost to take an in-depth look at what the declining middle class means and what its… Continue reading
Oct 19 Sheila Bair Takes on Tim Geithner, Gets Tough on Wall Street in New Book By Murrey Jacobson // Throughout the height of the financial crisis in 2008 and afterward, Sheila Bair was known for being an outspoken regulator willing to confront her peers head-on. That included Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, who Bair thought was not nearly tough… Continue reading