My Two Cents

Producer Krissy Clark has been hanging out in Las Vegas and following a number of families for an American RadioWorks documentary that will air in...

American RadioWorks producer Laurie Stern has been reporting on poverty and the economic downturn. Here's a recent observation from her:...

It's time for the Administration to shift strategies on GM and Chrysler. The bailout isn't working, and I don't see how it will. Paul Ingrassia is...

The President will propose how to help out homeowners facing foreclosure. David Leonhardt of the New York Times has a good article today on the...

Many economists have wondered if Benjamin Strong, the powerful and savvy head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, hadn't died in 1928 would he...

I'm reading Peter Bernstein's latest newsletter, and he starts it off with this quote:...

I've already discussed on Marketplace Money that the tax problems of Tim (Turbotax) Geithner and former Sen. Tom Daschle are arguments for serious...

The website Visualizing Economics has a good map of poverty in the U.S. from 1980 to 2007. Check it out.

Any debate about the future of unions in the U.S. is really a discussion about public sector unions. The private sector's unionized workforce is...

The numbers are dismal. In 2007, 37 million people were living in poverty. That's 4 million more than when the business cycle expansion started...