2006-12-01 Milton Friedman Saw Free Markets as a Tool for ‘Human Freedom’
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Economists rarely shape policy to the extent that Milton Friedman did. He…
2006-11-24 APEC Meeting Pushes for Continued Trade Negotiations
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders ended without announcement of major…
2006-11-17 Allowances: A Lesson in Personal Finance for Kids
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance.…
2006-11-10 Americans Invest for the Future in Mutual Funds
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. People invest money in the hope their wealth will grow over time.…
2006-11-03 For a Country, a Lot of Debt Is Not Always a Bad Thing
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Listener Adamu Onakpa at Hillside High School in Cross River State, Nigeria,…
2006-10-27 Dollar Is World’s Most Traded Currency. But Why?
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. A listener in Manaus, Brazil, Luiz Roberto Alves da Costa, has a…
2006-10-20 Making International Trade Happen
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. International trade does not just happen. It is the result of developing…
2006-10-13 Edmund Phelps Wins Nobel Prize for Economics
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Edmund Phelps has been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize for Economics. Mister…
2006-09-22 Housing Market Slows in U.S.
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. On Wednesday, the United States Federal Reserve chose to keep its target…
2006-10-06 Congress Acts to Limit Internet Gambling by Americans
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Congress has voted to ban most financial exchanges that involve gambling on…
2006-09-15 ‘Pretexting’ Spells Trouble for Hewlett-Packard
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Computer-maker Hewlett-Packard announced this week that the chairwoman of its board of…
2006-09-01 Laptop Computer Batteries Become a Hot Issue
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Batteries are rarely a worry except when the devices they supply power…
2006-09-08 Bush Signs Law to Strengthen Pension Plans
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. In August, President Bush signed a bill making major changes to retirement…
2006-08-04 Foundations and the Estate Tax
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Now, our third and final report on foundations, what they are and…
2006-08-11 Oil Company Shuts Down a Pipeline at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, the Largest Oil Field in the United States
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The oil company British Petroleum has shut down a pipeline connecting the…