Oct 20 Watch HUD Secretary Donovan on Foreclosure Snags: ‘This is Not a Systemic Problem’ Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan discusses Obama administration efforts to combat major problems with foreclosures. Donovan says the government is reviewing concerns that some banks did not comply with FHA requirements before evicting homeowners. Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch In Middle East, Peace Sought on Smaller Scale Through Business Ties A New York-based entrepreneur has found a way to work with Palestinians and Israelis for both peace and profit. Special correspondent Fred De Sam Lazaro reports. Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch Mott’s Strike Illustrates Labor Union Dilemma Amid an ailing economy, labor unions find themselves struggling to compromise with employers on wages and benefits. Paul Solman reports. Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch Stress, Burnout Taking Toll on Many Still in U.S. Workforce As part of his ongoing series of reports on Making Sense of financial news, Paul Solman's reports how economic woes aren't just hard on the unemployed. As the recession drags on, many of those who are employed say they're overworked… Continue watching
Jul 27 Watch Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Levine Reflects on Factory Life in Detroit Jeffrey Brown profiles Philip Levine, a former auto worker who became a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch Older Workers Face New Challenges in Tough Job Market In his continuing series of reports on Making Sense of the economy, Paul Solman looks at the challenges older workers face trying to secure a job, let alone retirement, amid the downturn. Continue watching
Oct 20 How Can the Economy Be Growing While Unemployment Is Rising? Question: Your work on the economy is discussed at our dinner table, with my 15 and 16 year old sons, almost every night. You have made such a difference to our family in understanding the Global Economic Meltdown. My children… Continue reading
Oct 02 More Grim News in the Sept. Jobs Numbers Paul Solman: Today’s unemployment data are grim. I began to write “startlingly grim” but then realized that, for those of us on-the-record pessimists with regard to green shoots and recovery, the numbers aren’t startling at all. Having been on the… Continue reading
Oct 02 Watch Job Losses Rise, Dampening Hopes for a Quick Recovery Employers shed 263,000 jobs in September, more than analysts expected, bringing the jobless rate to 9.8 percent. Economics columnist David Leonhardt and labor expert Jacob Kirkegaard look at the numbers. Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch The Value of Work in ‘Shop Class as Soulcraft’ Jeffrey Brown speaks with philosopher, author and motorcycle-repair shop owner Matthew B. Crawford about the fulfillment found in building and fixing things, which he details in the new book "Shop Class as Soulcraft."… Continue watching