Sep 01 Watch Writer Asks: Can the Middle Class Be Saved? The cover article in the latest issue of The Atlantic magazine asks: "Can the middle class be saved?" Jeffrey Brown speaks with author Don Peck about his take on the erosion of America's middle class. Continue watching
Aug 31 Labor Leader Trumka: Job-Creation Plans Require ‘Boldness’ AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka; file photo When it comes to jump-starting the struggling U.S. economy, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka proclaimed Wednesday, "This is a time for boldness." The labor leader spoke at his union's annual Labor Day news conference… Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch Millions of Distressed Properties Stuck in ‘Shaky’ U.S. Housing Market The troubled U.S. housing market got some good news Tuesday with word that prices in four major cities are on the rise, but a full recovery still appears to be a long way off. Jeffrey Brown discusses why home sales… Continue watching
Aug 29 New Obama Economic Adviser Focused on Jobs, But Will Agenda Change? President Obama announces Alan Krueger as a nominee to lead the White House Council of Economic Advisers; Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images In light of President Obama's selection Monday of Princeton economist Alan Krueger as the new… Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch Huntsman: I Can ‘Put the Numbers Together to Actually Win in 2012’ In an interview Thursday with Jeffrey Brown, presidential hopeful and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman said that wealthy Americans will need to share sacrifices to help get the U.S. economy back on track. He also discussed the latest developments in… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch How Will Market Volatility Affect U.S.-Chinese Economic Relations? Vice President Biden tried to shore up Chinese confidence in the U.S. economy on Friday, telling President Hu Jintao that when it comes to China's investments in the U.S., "You have nothing to worry about." Jeffrey Brown discusses U.S. and… Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch Negative Headlines Continue to Spook Investors, Markets Around Globe The Dow Jones industrial average lost 419 points Thursday, driven by a barrage of bad economic data including a drop in existing home sales in July for the third time in four months. Ray Suarez discusses the U.S. and global… Continue watching
Aug 18 Getting High for Less: Easier Access to Better, Cheaper Heroin Cripples Small Towns By Paul Solman Black tar heroin. Photo via the City of Wichita police department. Note: We've been exploring economic inequality in America this week, and thought it an opportune moment to share something we had hoped to post the last time… Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch New Report Shows Alarming Rates of Poverty Among U.S. Children New numbers on poverty among U.S. children, released this week by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, found that 31 million children in 2009 were living in families that are at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Judy… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch Americans Facing More Inequality, More Debt and Now More Trouble? Did America's record-high level of economic inequality in 2007 help cause the financial crisis of 2008? With Americans' borrowing back on the rise and signs that economic inequality is growing, could there be another financial crisis in the near future?… Continue watching