Aug 03 Watch Dueling Data on Jobs in July: More Created But Didn’t Outpace Unemployment Though 163,000 jobs were created in the month of July, the unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent. Jeffrey Brown talks to former Labor Department chief economist Lisa Lynch and University of California, Berkeley's Enrico Moretti on why the pace for… Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch High-Tech Illinois Company Looks to Bridge Workers’ ‘Skills Gap’ High-Tech Illinois Company Looks to Bridge Workers' 'Skills Gap'… Continue watching
Jan 26 Watch How Many Manufacturing Jobs Can U.S. Realistically Maintain? As President Obama and GOP presidential candidates talk about reviving the U.S. manufacturing sector in hopes of creating jobs, how realistic is that goal in the face of continued outsourcing and machines filling jobs once held by humans? Ray Suarez… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch Debating Obama’s Vision for the U.S. Economy In his State of the Union Address Tuesday night, President Obama spoke about his economic goals for the country. Gwen Ifill discusses the broader points, including fairness, taxes and American manufacturing, with Heather Boushey of the Center for American Progress… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch Carney to GOP on State of the Union: Don’t Criticize a Speech You Haven’t Heard White House's Carney to GOP on SOTU: Don't Criticize a Speech You Haven't Heard… Continue watching
Nov 04 Watch ‘Need To Know’: States Tackle Jobs Crisis in Creative Ways Several states are testing creative ways to tackle the jobless problem. This excerpt is part of a series called "Help Wanted" produced by PBS' "Need To Know."… Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch Amid Debt-Ceiling Drama, Interest Rates Have Hardly Followed the Script On Wall Street, stocks initially rallied Monday on the news of a debt-ceiling deal, but a weak report on manufacturing killed the surge. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on the financial world's reactions to the drama over a debt deal… Continue watching
Jul 19 Lincoln Electric Story Sparks Debate, Frank Koller Responds One more day's worth of reaction to our Lincoln Electric story, which has generated so much comment on PBS' Facebook page. It comes from Frank Koller, the Canadian journalist we interviewed, author of the book on Lincoln,… Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch Share and Share Alike This is the 1992 version of an unlikely rust belt success story. Continue watching
Jul 13 The No-Layoff Company — in Ohio By Paul Solman // Editor's Note: On Wednesday's program, a look at an improbable Rust Belt success story. With a guaranteed no-layoff policy and average pay of almost $70,000 this year, Lincoln Electric is atypical of U.S. companies. We last visited the… Continue reading