finance

The trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange
Business, Economics and Jobs
Proposed SEC rule would require companies to disclose risks from climate change
In this June 21, 2019, file photo, George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundations, looks before the Joseph A. Schumpeter award ceremony in Vienna, Austria. 
Critical State
Foundations of international relations: Part I
Bank customers write Arabic words thats read "Riad is a thief. Thieves" (Riad Salameh, the governor of Lebanon's Central Bank) on a facade of bank in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021.
Critical State
Monetary policy by other means: Part I
A demonstrator wearing a protective face mask with a message attends a protest demanding to boycott China-made products.
On China's New Silk Road
India guards against China’s growing regional plans
Trump Foundation to Shut Down After Agreement
Full Episode
bitcoin logo on pillow
Environment
Mining bitcoin uses more energy than mining gold
Greece exits bailout, but ‘shackles and the asphyxiation continue’
Bitcoins, represented here with with actual coins, are a type of digital currency that have spearhead a new nefarious activity known as "cryptojacking."
Technology
Hackers find the processing power they need for mining for cryptocurrencies through ‘cryptojacking’
Bitcoin
Economics
Bitcoin, the virtual currency, has become a massive energy hog
A yuan note, May 31, 2017.
Economics
China tightens regulations on investment and shadow banking
A bitcoin on a computer motherboard
Business
Despite the hype, bitcoin futures get a tepid response
The Promise of Jobs, A Taste of Freedom, ‘Muthaland’
Full Episode
Got Trust? Exploring Faith and Suspicion in the 21st Century
Full Episode
Zimbabwe Money
Economics
Running out of US dollars, Zimbabwe says it will print its own ‘bond notes’
Business, Economics and Jobs
Behind Bank of America’s decision to charge debit card fee
Miami real estate
Finance
Climate change could threaten trillions of dollars of financial assets, a new study reports
A London bank worker counts out euro notes three weeks before they became legal tender across most of Europe, December 12, 2001.
Finance
Germany’s coming for all those euros stuffed in your mattress
A man stands next to an electronic board in Shanghai showing the benchmark stock indices for Shanghai and Shenzhen, after the new circuit breaker mechanism suspended Thursday’s stock trading on the market in Shanghai, China, on January 7, 2016.
Economics
China’s stock markets are plummeting, but that’s only part of the story
Drugs, Fame, and Bill Cosby, Justice for Sale, Pretty Pluto
Full Episode
People lined up outside of an ATM in Greece.
Education
As leaders debate, these students in Greece can go to college for free
People line up to withdraw cash from an ATM in Greece
Finance
Who sees opportunity now in Greece? Oh, Bitcoin.
The Weekender: Your College Compass
Full Episode
Behavioral economics can lead to some funny and slightly obvious epiphanies about human behavior. But, in the right hands, it can radically transform the way a company or government does business.
Economics
What behavioral economics tells us about human behavior
Grafton Street is a principal shopping street in Dublin's city center.
Finance
Ireland looks to close a major tax loophole, but some Irish want to keep the money flowing
A woman walks past a currency exchange store with an Argentine national flag on display in Buenos Aires' financial district on August 14, 2014
Finance
How a New York court got to dictate terms to a entire country
People walk past Islamic Bank of Britain's (IBB) first branch on Edgware Road in London.
Finance
London is becoming the newest hub of Islamic finance
A man looks at a poster placed on an advertising board that reads "Yesterday, Braden or Peron - Today: Griesa or Cristina", in Buenos Aires on July 29, 2014. Argentine debt negotiators held talks in New York on Tuesday with the U.S. mediator in the South
Economics
The new Argentine debt crisis resurrects painful memories and fears of economic disaster
Global Politics
Privatizing pensions: solution to states’ financial woes?
Global Politics
Government considers next moves for Fannie and Freddie
Conflict & Justice
Public pensions: what are a state’s responsibilities?
Jerome Kerviel
Business, Economics and Jobs
A disgraced French trader walks home from his meeting with the pope — to Paris
Jerome Kerviel
Business, Economics and Jobs
A disgraced French trader walks home from his meeting with the pope — to Paris
A Milan branch of Extrabanca, an Italian bank that caters to immigrant clients.
Business, Economics and Jobs
This Italian bank caters to immigrants — and business is booming
The US Treasury in Washington. Failure to raise the debt ceiling could lead to the US government to default.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Why it’s a bad idea to gamble with the credit rating of the United States
Wall Street & The Role of Women
Plans to Reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on the Horizon
Business, Economics and Jobs
California group helps immigrants move into traditional financial sector
Business, Economics and Jobs
Cerberus Capital Management moves to end investment in gun conglomerate
Business, Economics and Jobs
U.S. Federal Reserve takes steps to bolster flagging economy
Business, Economics and Jobs
Proposed tax hikes in France strike a nerve with top earners
Global Politics
Obama promises action to fight oil market speculators; other questions effectiveness
Environment
Apple announces plan for its cash: give it back to shareholders
Hungary’s national drink: seltzer water
Business, Economics and Jobs
Bank of America agrees to pay $335M over discriminatory lending at Countrywide
Global Politics
Congress fails to extend payroll tax cuts, but hope remains for deal
Global Politics
Bernie Madoff and his wife attempted suicide, Ruth Madoff reveals in interview
Global Politics
Obama implements limited student loan forgiveness, other changes to payment plans
Business, Economics and Jobs
Governments raising retirement age, reducing benefits for state employees
Business, Economics and Jobs
Robot trading blamed for wild swings in markets
Business, Economics and Jobs
Hedge fund uses Twitter to profitably predict market swings
Global Politics
Military pension could see radical overhaul
Business, Economics and Jobs
Capping CEO salaries to fix the economy
Global Politics
Failed negotiations cause FAA shutdown
Global Politics
The consequences if debt ceiling deal can’t be reached
Business, Economics and Jobs
Retirement: Not just for 65 year olds
Hedge funds buying massive tracts of African farmland
Business, Economics and Jobs
Government gives prepaid debit cards for benefits, consumers get slapped with fees
Business, Economics and Jobs
Should you save for your children’s college education?
Business, Economics and Jobs
Shady home loans and bad mortgage offers
Business, Economics and Jobs
Taxing corporations’ foreign profits