Economy

Fashion Retail Slump: Are Brands Out Of Touch?

8:01am March 13, 2016

A couple of major retail brands have posted some grim numbers. Rachel Martin talks with Washington Post reporter Sarah Halzack about why it's so hard to make mid-priced clothes people will buy.

Artifacts on display at Marietta College.

How Low Oil Prices Are Changing Career Plans At An Ohio College

5:00pm March 12, 2016

by Noah Adams

Students come from all over the world to study petroleum engineering in southern Ohio and Marietta College. In the past nearly every graduate had a good job. Not any more.

An oil drilling rig near Williston, N.D., in 2014. The U.S. has joined Saudi Arabia and Russia as one of the world's top oil producers. But the benefits that many forecasters predicted have not materialized.

The U.S. Is Pumping All This Oil, So Where Are The Benefits?

5:00pm March 12, 2016

by Greg Myre

America has joined Saudi Arabia and Russia as one of the world's leading oil producers. Forecasters predicted this would usher in a golden age. It hasn't worked out that way.

FACT CHECK: Republican Candidates On Keeping Or Changing Social Security

5:00am March 12, 2016

by Scott Horsley

The candidates say they want to leave Social Security as it is for people who are already retired, or soon will be. But Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz have proposed changes for younger workers.

Dallas Kindergarteners Get An Early Start On Money Management

4:01pm March 11, 2016

by Courtney Collins

Financial planners say it's important to start saving for retirement at a young age. You won't believe how young one group of investors is starting in Texas.

Abandoned homes molder on the east side of Detroit last year.

Millions Of Voters Are Sending A Message: Our Economic Framework Is Rotten

12:22pm March 11, 2016

by Marilyn Geewax

The Washington consensus on economic policy hasn't changed for decades: Economists and most political leaders say growth is tied to trade, immigration and technology. But now many workers disagree.

Economy

What Happens If Reynolds American Changes Owners?

11:01am March 11, 2016

by Sean Bueter

One of the city's signature companies could be picked up by an overseas competitor.

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Ohio residents feel split about Obamacare

Split Views On Health Overhaul In Ohio

7:29am March 11, 2016

by Sarah Jane Tribble

A poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds that people in the politically important state of Ohio are divided over Obamacare.

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Economy

U.S. Supreme Court Won't Hear BB&T's Appeal Over Millions In Tax Credits

5:37pm March 10, 2016

by Keri Brown

The U.S. Supreme Court says it won't hear an appeals case involving Winston-Salem-based BB&T Corp. The company stands to lose millions of dollars.

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Tiny Island Nation Kicks Off Trend Of Selling Citizenship

5:18pm March 10, 2016

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Countries are finding big money in an unlikely source — selling citizenship. The Planet Money team goes to the tiny island nation that started the trend to see what happens when passports become an export product like anything else.