Jan 02 Watch 9:56 How the GOP plans to begin dismantling Obama’s legacy By PBS News Hour The new Congress starts work this week, with the Republicans in control of both houses. Soon, they’ll also have the White House. What’s on the GOP agenda? William Brangham talks to Lisa Desjardins, Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report… Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch 8:43 Is crumbling infrastructure inhibiting American productivity? By PBS NewsHour, Sarah Clune Hartman In recent decades, American productivity growth has slowed. Yale University's Jacob Hacker has a possible explanation: the country’s outdated and deteriorating infrastructure. Hacker, co-author of “American Amnesia,” argues the U.S. has forgotten the role government plays in engineering prosperity, and… Continue watching
Sep 20 ‘The Entrepreneurial State’: Apple Didn’t Build Your iPhone; Your Taxes Did Government support for research and development is responsible for much of the innovation that drives GDP, argues Mariana Mazzucato. Photo courtesy of Stephen Yang/Bloomberg via Getty Images. As the deadline for raising the government debt limit fast approaches, and wrangling… Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch Obama’s Deficit Panel Chiefs: ‘Staggering’ Task Ahead President Obama has tasked a new commission to target ways to reduce the national debt, projected to hit $1.6 trillion this year. Opponents are concerned the panel could weigh in favor of tax hikes. Judy Woodruff reports interviews the commission… 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
Mar 11 Obama Signs Spending Bill Despite Earmarks By Admin, PBS News Hour President Obama has signed a $410 billion spending bill that will keep the federal government running through September, despite the fact that the bill contains the kind of earmarks he decried on the campaign trail. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch Obama Vows to Cut Waste in Government Spending Kwame Holman recaps the day's economic news, including President Barack Obama's new campaign against wasteful government spending and reactions to a plan for massive new spending on the economy. Continue watching
Feb 23 Keynes’ Economic Theories Re-emerge in Government Intervention Policies By Admin, PBS News Hour Amid a flurry of activity by the Obama administration to help lift the economy out of recession, the ideas of the late renowned British economist John Maynard Keynes on the government's role in helping ease an economic crisis are in… Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch Infrastructure Success in Boston Raises Prospect of Future Urban Spending The success of Boston's Big Dig infrastructure program raises the prospect of future large state expenditures on similar programs. A fiscal policy analyst and urban planner lay out their respective positions on the benefit of such an investment. Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch Clinton, Obama Enter Final Stretch in Pa. Primary Fight For the first time in six weeks, Democratic voters will once again cast ballots in the hotly contested Pennsylvania primary Tuesday. Analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks consider the state of the campaign and assess the fallout from Wednesday's debate… Continue watching