Economy

Sheng Hong is director of the Beijing-based Unirule Institute of Economics. He's one of a growing number of critics within elite circles in China who are criticizing China's handling of the trade war.

Amid Trade War With U.S., There Are Signs Of Dissent Among China's Economists

6:27pm November 30, 2018

by Rob Schmitz

Sheng Hong of the Beijing-based Unirule Institute of Economics is one who has dared to speak up. Now authorities have shut down his think tank and he's been prevented from traveling abroad.

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Trump And Chinese President Xi Look For Progress In Trade Dispute At G20 Summit

5:51pm November 30, 2018

by John Ydstie

President Trump and China's President Xi may have an announcement on trade on Saturday, but it will likely be a decision to push back deadlines rather than a breakthrough agreement.

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Economy

The Voyages Of The Starship Indicator

5:33pm November 30, 2018

NASA has been taking a more hands-off approach to extra-planetary exploration. What will that mean for the economics of space?

President Donald Trump signed the USMCA trade deal on Friday, alongside Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto in Buenos Aires.

USMCA: Trump Signs New Trade Agreement With Mexico And Canada To Replace NAFTA

11:07am November 30, 2018

by Bill Chappell

"This has been a battle, and battles sometimes make great friendships," President Trump said as he signed the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement alongside America's closest neighbors.

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Shoppers walk past a Saks Fifth Avenue outlet store in Miami on Black Friday. Millennials have lower earnings, fewer assets and less wealth, a new Federal Reserve study says.

Why Aren't Millennials Spending? They're Poorer Than Previous Generations, Fed Says

10:25am November 30, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Millennials are less well off than members of earlier generations when they were young. They have lower earnings, fewer assets and less wealth, a new Federal Reserve study says.

Economy

Space Economics

4:27pm November 29, 2018

From moon missions and space shuttles to public-private partnerships.

Michigan Rep. Debbie Dingell Is Not Happy With GM's Elimination Of So Many Jobs

5:28pm November 28, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., about the General Motors job cuts and what they mean for the industry and American auto workers.

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Do Americans Have An Appetite For Electric Cars?

5:28pm November 28, 2018

Following General Motors' decision to discontinue the Chevy Volt to focus on zero-emission cars, NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with journalist John Voelcker about the future of the electric cars in the U.S.

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Fans used to cool bitcoin data miners are hooked up in a bitcoin data center in Virginia Beach, Va., in February.

Economy

Bitcoin Is Bouncing Around Again. Here Are Some Possible Causes

5:19pm November 28, 2018

by James Doubek

Bitcoin is known to be volatile. But recently it has suffered a rash of notable losses. Analysts are looking to the amount of computing power used and the split of a rival cryptocurrency for answers.

On the eve of renewed sanctions by Washington, Iranian protesters burn a dollar banknote and a US makeshift flag during a demonstration outside the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo credit should read ATT

Economy

Do Sanctions Work?

4:39pm November 28, 2018

Sanctions have become an increasingly common foreign policy tool for the U.S. How effective are they?