Feb 21 Can President Trump bring back manufacturing jobs? By Steve Hoover, Lauren Mucciolo, Anjali Tsui Erie, along with dozens of other manufacturing hubs along the Rust Belt, have seen seismic shifts as technology has quenched the demand for manual labor on factory floors. Continue reading
Feb 03 Watch 11:39 News Wrap: Trump seeks rollbacks on Dodd-Frank regulations, fiduciary rule By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Treasury Department to look for ways to roll back the Dodd-Frank Act's regulations, and signed a memorandum aimed at blocking a retirement savings regulation that makes brokers… Continue watching
Feb 03 With steady job creation in January, slow wage growth still puzzles By Kristen Doerer Wage growth "has been the unfinished work of this economic recovery,” said Mark Hamrick. “It helps to explain the remaining level of dissatisfaction among Americans with the economy.”… Continue reading
Jan 20 Watch 2:37 On the Mall, Trump supporters exult, ‘We’re here!’ By PBS News Hour Turnout may have been lower this Inauguration Day than the previous two, but attendees who did make the trip to the National Mall exhibited no shortage of enthusiasm. Lisa Desjardins speaks with out-of-town visitors hopeful that President Trump will usher… Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch 9:49 Is Obama’s economic legacy one of missed opportunity or success? By PBS News Hour What is President Obama’s economic legacy? Did his efforts to turn the country around after the 2008 financial crisis constitute a robust recovery, or too little, too late? Economics correspondent Paul Solman assembled a panel of economic experts to discuss… Continue watching
Jan 09 Watch 2:45 How a morning run can be the first step out of homelessness By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, an organization called Back On My Feet uses running as a catalyst to move people out of homelessness and into jobs. Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 8:28 How employers kill worker motivation and what they can do to change By PBS News Hour Bemoaning America’s productivity slowdown, behavioral economist Dan Ariely set out to find what really motivates us. Behavior is driven by emotion, he concluded, not rewards like money; the ability to help other people, feel that we’re useful, feel that we’re… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch 6:32 How Trump offers a mixture of incentive and shame for business leaders By PBS News Hour Ford announced Tuesday it’s scrapping plans to build a $1.6 billion plant in Mexico and will instead invest $700 million into an existing Michigan plant, and hire 700 workers in the U.S. Though it’s a drop in the bucket in… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch 4:46 News Wrap: Veteran of Reagan administration tapped for trade representative By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Ford announced it’s scrapping plans to build a factory in Mexico and will instead create 700 jobs at Michigan plant. The announcement came after President-elect Donald Trump chastised General Motors on Twitter. Also, Mr. Trump… Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch 3:22 News Wrap: Trump touts jobs coming to the U.S. By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump announced new jobs coming to the U.S. from telecom giant Sprint and satellite firm OneWeb. Speaking late in the afternoon at his Mar-a-Lago resort, Mr. Trump said it’s all part of a… Continue watching