May 20 Watch Will Justice Department's crackdown on Credit Suisse lead to more bank prosecutions? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 19 Watch News Wrap: Credit Suisse enters plea deal in tax evasion case By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, banking giant Credit Suisse admitted to helping wealthy Americans dodge taxes as part of a federal plea deal. The bank will pay $2.8 billion in penalties. Also, the Balkans suffered the worst flooding in more… Continue watching
Apr 09 How a 'stupid painter from Switzerland' is revolutionizing work By Enno Schmidt The leader of the movement for a guaranteed basic income in Switzerland knows it will fail when put to a vote by the Swiss people. But he's not concerned about that. Having a national conversation, he thinks, is still a… Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch Idea of paying citizens a yearly stipend is gaining support in Switzerland By PBS News Hour In Switzerland, an idea to guarantee every citizen a yearly income of 30,000 Swiss francs, regardless of other wealth or employment, has gained enough supporters to trigger a referendum. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports that the idea is gaining some… Continue watching
Apr 07 Will a guaranteed income ever come to America? By Felix Oberholzer-Gee With far more economic inequality than Switzerland, why is the U.S. so much less tolerant of wealth redistribution?… Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch Swiss banking giant refuses disclosure in Senate grilling on tax evasion By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch What's behind an anti-immigrant tide rising in Europe By PBS News Hour The European Union is built on the idea of free movement of people and capital, but some factions wish to curb immigration and control their sovereign identity. Judy Woodruff talks to Heather Conley with the Center for Strategic and International… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch Swiss referendum to limit immigration complicates economic relations with EU By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 10 Switzerland's new immigration quotas conflict with EU 'freedom of movement' laws By Ellen Rolfes In a vote Sunday, Swiss citizens passed a referendum to enforce immigration quotas for people from European Union countries. Continue reading
Jan 22 Ban Ki-moon closes Syrian peace talks By News Desk United Nation's Ban Ki-moon called for the Syrian delegations, representing the government and opposition party, to work towards a solution to the three-year civil war. Continue reading