Economy Feb 18 WATCH: Robinhood CEO Tenev defends actions in GameStop saga at hearing By Marcy Gordon, Alex Veiga, Associated Press
Economy Jan 06 Watch 8:26 Fighting the debt trap of triple-digit interest rate payday loans Payday loans are supposed to be a short-term quick fix for those who can't get traditional credit. But the loans are rarely actually short-term, and borrowers frequently need to take out a second loan to pay off the first. Special… By PBS NewsHour
Economy Jan 06 Watch 3:34 Left behind by banks, poor Americans pay more to borrow It’s expensive to be poor. Unable to maintain a minimum balance or provide the necessary ID to open a bank account, many low-income Americans rely on fringe financial services like check cashing stores and payday lenders, which charge interest rates… By PBS NewsHour
Economy Jun 04 Watch Financial Crisis Does Little to Dim Graduates’ Wall Street Aspirations As part of his continuing coverage making sense of the economy, Paul Solman talks to Harvard economist Ben Friedman about the college graduates who continue to flock to Wall Street, three years into the financial crisis.
Economy Jun 17 President Obama Seeks Overhaul of Financial Market Oversight President Barack Obama proposed Wednesday sweeping changes to the way the government oversees financial institutions in an attempt to remedy the regulatory system that failed to detect the global economic crisis. By Admin, PBS NewsHour