Mar 14 Economics explains why you resemble your mate By Paul Oyer In this adaptation of "Everything I Ever Needed to Know About Economics I Learned from Online Dating, " Paul Oyer explains how our decisions to stick with people whose backgrounds resemble our own lead to stagnant economic mobility. Continue reading
Mar 13 Obama signs order to strengthen overtime rules By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press President Barack Obama is seeking changes in overtime rules that will make millions of workers eligible for time-and-a-half pay for their extra work. Obama intends to sign a presidential memorandum Thursday directing the Labor Department to propose rules that expand… Continue reading
Feb 26 A new study: How overpaid CEOs tank their firms By Simone Pathe Exorbitant CEO compensation has been blamed for the explosion of wealth at the top of the income gap. But could it also be hurting future stock prices?… Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch With Washington mired in partisan gridlock, can state leaders push forward? By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch CBO report fuels debate on costs and benefits of boosting the minimum wage By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch Closing the Gap: Mayor Michael Nutter on strengthening state, federal partnerships to fight poverty By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch Closing the Gap: Sen. Tim Scott on fighting poverty by offering ‘cafeteria plan’ of educational choices By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch Closing the Gap: Sen. Marco Rubio on how more education, fewer broken families can change income inequality In the debate over how to cure income inequality, talk about poverty and opportunity are increasingly converging. In a series of conversations about the growing divide between rich and poor, Gwen Ifill talks to Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., about the… Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch Erosion of middle class buying power hits familiar brands By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch Shields and Brooks offer State of the Union predictions By PBS NewsHour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks talk to Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff about what to expect in President Obama's annual address to the nation, and how it may set the tone for politics in… Continue watching