Jun 19 Watch Paul Krugman on Europe ‘Doing the Unthinkable’ Paul Krugman's view on Spain's euro-woes and what Germany should do about it. Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch The E-Book War: the Stakes in the Fight for Readers’ Dollars The Latest Chapter in the E-Books Battle… Continue watching
Apr 03 Watch Why Auto Sales Surge Even as Gas Prices Rise Auto industry sales jumped 6 percent in March with almost 1.4 million new cars and trucks sold -- the highest number since 2008, according to new reports released Tuesday amid Detroit's $200 million deficit. Gwen Ifill and David Shepardson of… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch News Wrap: Americans Win Nobel for Economic Growth, Inflation Research In other news Monday, two Americans won the 2011 Nobel Prize in economics. Christopher Sims and Thomas Sargent were honored for their work in the 1970s and '80s on how government policies can affect economic growth and inflation. Also, Syrian… Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch Senate Considers Bill to Punish China Over Currency Valuation For years, American lawmakers have targeted China's currency, saying it has been deliberately undervalued to give Chinese companies price advantages in international trade. Kwame Holman reports on a Senate bill under consideration that would allow countervailing duties on Chinese good… Continue watching
Sep 19 Gauging America’s Economic Mood EmbedVideo(568, 514, 320); Watch 'Tracking Inflation: How Fast Are Prices Rising?' The email tale below refers to a story of ours on inflation from a while back in which MIT economics professor Roberto Rigobon explained that inflation was… Continue reading
Aug 19 In Israel, Protesters Decry Rising Cost of Living By P. J. Tobia It started as one woman's protest against high rent in her neighborhood. Now, tens of thousands of people are protesting the high cost of living in Israel. Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch Lagarde Warns Dollar Could Decline if U.S. Debt Deal Not Reached Lagarde Warns Dollar Could Decline if U.S. Debt Deal Not Reached… Continue watching
Jun 09 Why Does Yale Cost $55,000 a Year? By April Brown Recently, we caught up with economist Robert Shiller outside the admissions office at Yale University, where he's taught economics since 1982. He suggested we waylay a Yale campus tour -- guide and group -- to get their take on inflation. Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch Why Does Yale Cost $55,000 a Year? Paul Solman talks to tour guides and economist Robert Shiller about the cost of tuition. Continue watching