Markets React to the New Euro Pact
European leaders have drawn up a new fiscal accord. In the new agreement, the European nations agreed on tighter budget regulations as part of an effort to reassure investors that the euro is a stable...
View ArticleDebt in State Government Hits Fever Pitch
Yesterday the Government Accounting Standards Board, which sets the accounting standards for governments, voted torequiore more transparency from state and local governments by requiring they post...
View ArticleTackling the Coming Debt Ceiling Crisis
It's the joke of the week in Capitol Hill: minting a trillion dollar coin to solve our nation's debt crisis. While that's probably unlikely, it very well might be the most agreeable option on the table...
View ArticleCyprus and the Latest Debt Crisis
Cyprus is the latest EU country to face bankruptcy - and potentially bring down the rest of the region with it. Joseph Cotterill, reporter for Financial Times Alphaville blog, discusses the EU's...
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Civil Society in Decline
Niall Ferguson, Harvard professor of history and the author of The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die (Penguin, 2013), warns that Western democracies have entered a phase of...
View ArticleNYC to Feds: Help Puerto Rico
Local leaders are calling on the federal government to help save Puerto Rico from its looming $73 billion dollar debt crisis.Speaking from the steps of City Hall on Tuesday, Council Speaker Melissa...
View ArticleThe Center Cannot Hold
Now that Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee, the nay-saying pundits have one last-ditch idea: a centrist third party candidate to save the day! Just like they said in the last election,...
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Beyond debt default and Zika, Puerto Rico struggles as trash piles up
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioBy Ivette Feliciano and Melanie SaltzmanWhenever it rains, several feet of black, contaminated water and trash flood the homes of people living near the Martin Pena...
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House passes bill to help ease Puerto Rico’s debt
The Puerto Rican and U.S. flags are seen in the Old Town district in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — The House on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a rescue...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: CO Governor Hickenlooper, Pool Rules in Williamsburg,...
A few of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.CO Governor Hickenlooper (First) | Pool Rules in Williamsburg (Starts at 24:11) | Puerto Rico and Luis Miranda (Starts at 41:50)If...
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