Over the past 10 months, EconomyStory.org has featured some of the most poignant, informative and visual stories about communities coping in the ongoing crisis. These stories are what make public media stand out – the voices featured from around the country and the innovative ideas that have inspired news stories. It’s been so exciting to [...]
The banking industry looked pretty ugly in the hearing on Capitol Hill yesterday as Senate leaders on the left and the right slammed Goldman Sachs for allegedly defrauding investors. In case you missed it, PBS NewsHour analyzed the proceedings and this short video from The Huffington Post mashes up the hearing into five minutes of [...]
Finger-pointing about the economic crisis won’t get us out of it, but Congressional hearings aim to provide some clarity around the latest analysis of the Lehman Brothers collapse and the SEC fraud charges against Goldman Sachs. The NewsHour’s Rundown blog polled leading economists on what they would ask Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Federal Reserve [...]
PBS NewsHour’s Paul Solman looks at how Wall Street bonuses and other issues affect workplace productivity on a more granular level.
This is hardly the first financial crisis the world has faced. What kinds of books were coming out fifty or even a hundred years ago to help people get a grasp on economic concepts during times of uncertainty? There are thousands of titles, and you can find the names of many at The Wall Street [...]
From Twitter NPR: Economy Nightly Business Report Marketplace Business Desk Unknown FeedReporters and producers from around the country are attending "economy bootcamps" to understand the current downturn.
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