Feb 07 How the housing crisis boxed in some job seekers By Making Sen$e Editor When job searchers were constrained geographically due to the "lock in" effect of lower home values, they were more likely to apply for lower-level and lower-paying positions within their commuting zone. Continue reading
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 03 Column: I’m predicting an economic recession in 2017. Are you ready? By Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation The current U.S. economic expansion is nearly the third-longest since the 1850s, making a recession likely in 2017. It's time to get ready. Continue reading
Jun 15 Column: Are we headed for a recession? By Vikram Mansharamani Depressing stats about the U.S. economy are everywhere. And if we do find ourselves in a recession, the Fed will have few tools left to deploy. Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch What job growth? Voters remain pessimistic about the economy By PBS News Hour This year’s election has been dominated by economic anxiety, though the nation’s unemployment rate is at its post-recession lowest and there have been six consecutive years of job growth. As a joint project of the NewsHour, American Public Media’s Marketplace… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch 4:55 Corruption allegations stagger troubled Brazil By PBS News Hour As Brazil reels from an economic recession and the Zika virus epidemic, new troubles have emerged regarding one of the nation’s most popular political figures. Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, president of Brazil from 2003 to 2010, was detained by… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch Wisconsin group wants to turn student borrowers into activists By PBS News Hour Through the recession, college tuition skyrocketed at public universities to make up for flagging state funding. Some students who borrowed to keep up with rising costs face crushing debt repayments. Hari Sreenivasan travelled to Wisconsin to report on one group… Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch What the economic rebound looks like around the country By PBS News Hour The American GDP grew at a 4 percent annual rate in the second quarter of the year, surpassing most predictions. But will the upward swing continue? Jeffrey Brown gets a snapshot of economic recovery around the country from Shirley Leung… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch Why more American dads are choosing to stay home By PBS News Hour The number of American fathers staying home with their children reached 2.2 million in 2010 -- an all-time high. For a closer look at why more fathers are acting as primary caregivers, Hari Sreenivasan talks to Kim Parker of the… Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch 10:37 What’s at stake for the U.S. as Americans struggle to climb the economic ladder? What's at stake for the U.S. as Americans struggle to climb the economic ladder?… Continue watching