The Economy

From the first rumblings of the sub-prime mortgage meltdown, the Bill Moyers team has stayed on the story of the 2008 economic collapse and its continuing aftermath with bold, original reporting, essays and insightful interviews. From economists to community organizers, Wall Street financiers to historians, Moyers’ guests have provided powerful insight into the roots of the crisis and have stimulated a crucial national dialogue on its causes, effects and possible solutions.

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Replay Our Chat with Economist Richard Wolff

March 20, 2013

Professor Wolff answered some of your questions during a live chat this afternoon. Replay the chat and read what he had to say.

Marie Arrasate, left, and Joan McGarr discuss the Social Security payment during an interview Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 at the Southwest Focal Senior Center in Pembroke Pines, Fla. There will be no cost-of-living increase for more than 50 million Social Security recipients next year, the first year without a raise since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

How Economic Inequality Influences Life Expectancy

March 14, 2013 | Smart Charts

Two neighboring Florida communities -- one poor, one rich -- show that health improvements among the wealthy don't necessarily raise all boats.

Mary Jo White and Richard Cordray Appearing Before Senate Banking Committee

March 12, 2013 | Money & Politics

Two controversial Obama appointees go before the Senate Banking Committee today.

Dried sunflowers are seen in a field near the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Thursday, Aug 23, 2012 After the harshest winter in decades, the Balkans in the southeast of Europe is now facing its hottest summer and the worst drought in what officials across the region say is nearly 40 years. The record-setting average temperatures which scientists say have been steadily rising over the past years as the result of the global warming have ravaged crops, vegetable, fruit and power production in the region which is already badly hit by the global economic crisis.. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Global Warming Has Already Caused Unprecedented Change

March 11, 2013 | Smart Charts

A new study says the world’s temperatures have changed more since the industrial revolution than they have since the last ice age, with devastating eventual impact. Continue reading

Two New Films Address American Poverty

March 10, 2013 | News & Notes

American Winter and A Place at the Table put different faces on inequality in America.

A typical street scene in a neighborhood in Cleveland, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008. A report commissioned last November by the U.S. Conference of Mayors projected that 361 metropolitan areas would take an economic hit of $166 billion in 2008. Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland, has about 17,000 vacant foreclosed properties,roughly 4 percent of its 395,000 houses. (AP Photo/Jamie-Andrea Yanak)

One Economy, Two Americas

March 6, 2013 | Perspectives

Author Hedrick Smith says that, despite record stock prices and roaring corporate profits, America’s economic divide is still “costing us dearly.” Continue reading