Recession brings a change in gender roles
As a result of the wave of job losses, we are about to hit a milestone in gender roles in that women will soon hold more payroll jobs than men. Catherine Rampell, who writes about economics at the New...
View ArticleYour Economic Picture
The August unemployment rate is out. The new rate is 9.7 percent. That's up from 9.4 percent last month, and is a little higher than what economists predicted. Most economists are saying the recession...
View ArticleNobel Prize for Economics
Catherine Rampell, economics editor at NYTimes.com, discusses the economics behind the Nobel Prize awarded to Peter Diamond, Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissaride.
View ArticleThe Auto Industry and the 2012 Election
In 2008, we broke down the election map state-by-state. In 2012, we’re breaking it down by industry. Each week, we’ll look at a different industry that changed dramatically over the last four years and...
View ArticleHow Paternity Leave Helps Families and the Economy
As we come to grips with an economy with radical new rules — or no rules at all — we have to think about throwing out traditional ways of thinking about jobs. We also need to think about new models for...
View ArticleAffordable NYC
A new study claims that New York City is a bargain -- for those making around $100,000 a year. Catherine Rampell, New York Times economics reporter, talks about how New York can be cheaper than other...
View ArticleShould We Not Care About Owning a Home?
This segment originally aired live on April 24, 2014. An edited version was included in a best-of episode of The Brian Lehrer Show on August 15th. The unedited audio can be found here. Americans still...
View ArticleThe Father of U.S. Finance Goes To Broadway
The dude on the ten dollar bill is having a big moment.When the U.S. Department of Treasury announced it would demote Alexander Hamilton from his prominent position on the ten dollar bill, countless...
View ArticleTrump, Sanders Criticize Free Trade and Voters Agree
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are tapping into voter angst about the economy, and specifically the mantra of free trade."I understood that these trade agreements were going to destroy the middle...
View ArticleWhat Brexit Means for the U.S.
It’s been one week since the UK voted to leave the European Union — sending markets into a downward spiral of uncertainty and shocking people around the globe, including, it appears, some of the very...
View ArticleWhat Exactly is in Clinton and Trump's Tax Plans?
Tuesday, the Tax Policy Center analyzed the tax plans of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton — and as the director of the Center put it, the plans are practically mirror images of one another.While...
View ArticleCitizens #DedicateTheVote for Historic Election Day
Catherine Rampell, opinion columnist at The Washington Post, covers the latest on Election Day, including her latest riff, "Farewell, dear Donald Trump: An ode to the media’s frenemy," and listeners...
View ArticleBumpy Road Ahead for Trump and the Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve says there is "considerable uncertainty" understanding how president-elect Donald Trump's proposed policies of tax cuts and infrastructure spending will affect the U.S. economy. In...
View ArticleThe Trump White House's Rosy Scenario
Politicians have long been overly generous in predicting the kind of economic growth that will result from their policies -- it's a tried and true maneuver. But what about when an administration...
View ArticleThe View from Poverty
The Trump White House released its first budget blueprint this week, which proposes a boost in spending for Defense, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs and a cut...for pretty much everything else....
View ArticleReviewing Trump's First 100 Days in Office
President Donald Trump is quickly approaching his 100th day in office. Get ready for the White House (and the media) to take stock.The benchmark itself is a bit of construct that goes back to FDR and...
View ArticleWhat's Next for Trump and Congress
After the failure by Republicans to replace or repeal Obamacare, they're moving quickly to score a political win, and they're focusing on overhauling the nation's tax code by November. There's a lot do...
View ArticleEight Months In, What Trump Has Been (Un)Doing
Congress is barely back in session and President Trump has already struck a deal with Democrats in order to fund the government, extend the nation's borrowing limit and provide financial aid to victims...
View ArticleThe Tax Bill Doesn't Compute
Catherine Rampell, opinion columnist at The Washington Post, talks about the push on Capitol Hill to pass tax reform quickly, potentially at the expense of Children's Health Insurance Program and DACA...
View ArticleFriday Morning Politics: Jobs, Tariffs, National Security
Catherine Rampell, opinion columnist at The Washington Post, talks about the national political news of the day, including the new jobs numbers, Trump's Tweet hyping them, and the backlash to new steel...
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