Dec 01 This is why the middle class can’t get ahead By Nick Hanauer Billionaire venture capitalist Nick Hanauer explains why today's middle class is feeling stuck, how that hurts the whole economy and what President Obama can do about it -- with a stroke of his executive pen. Continue reading
Aug 27 Why you have the right to a $5K dividend from Uncle Sam By Peter Barnes Unless we change our distribution of non-labor income, we can kiss our middle class goodbye, says entrepreneur Peter Barnes. In his new book, "With Liberty and Dividends for All," Barnes proposes a nationwide dividend program, like Alaska's, that would help… Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch Top-down or middle-out? Debating the key to economic growth By PBS News Hour What’s the best engine to drive the economy? More money for the rich, or better wages for the working class? Economics correspondent Paul Solman explores the debate between those two lines of thought with billionaire venture capitalist Nick Hanauer and… Continue watching
May 19 Watch Sen. Warren takes on Washington to give working class Americans ‘A Fighting Chance’ By PBS News Hour Sen. Elizabeth Warren joins Judy Woodruff to discuss her new memoir, “A Fighting Chance,” in which she criticizes the big banks and Washington politicians for weakening America’s middle class. Warren advocates for a hike in the minimum wage to ensure… Continue watching
Apr 23 New York Times study: most Americans’ incomes have stagnated By Anya van Wagtendonk Economic growth in the U.S. is as strong as or stronger than in many other countries –- but that growth benefits only a small percentage of American households. That’s the conclusion of a New York Times analysis, based upon… Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch Erosion of middle class buying power hits familiar brands By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch Obama: Income inequality is defining challenge for the U.S. Obama: Income inequality is defining challenge for the U.S. Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch Chinese citizens losing patience with air pollution consequences Chinese citizens losing patience with air pollution consequences… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Why is the Middle Class Still Stagnant? As corporate and financial sectors rebound, why is the middle class still stagnant?… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Five Years On: Lessons Learned from the Collapse? On the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Heidi Moore, The Guardian's US finance and economics editor, speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about what the United States has (or hasn't) done to prevent another financial collapse and how regulations… Continue watching