Top-down or middle-out? Debating the key to economic growth
Clip: 7/28/2014 | 9m 55s
Paul Solman looks into the key for economic growth.
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 noted libertarian law professor Richard Epstein.
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Top-down or middle-out? Debating the key to economic growth
Clip: 7/28/2014 | 9m 55s
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 noted libertarian law professor Richard Epstein.
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Lawmakers announce bipartisan breakthrough on VA reform
Clip: 7/28/2014 | 9m 14s | Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Florida Rep. Jeff Miller discuss the deal. (9m 14s)
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Clip: 7/28/2014 | 5m 19s | The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed more than 670 people. (5m 19s)
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Understanding the complex web of conflict in Libya
Clip: 7/28/2014 | 5m 45s | Jeffrey Brown talks to Frederic Wehrey of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. (5m 45s)
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Clip: 7/28/2014 | 5m 45s | Jeffrey Brown talks to Frederic Wehrey of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. (5m 45s)
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