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Profs. Robert Merton and Simon Johnson join PBS economics correspondent Paul Solman to discuss interest rates and investing.

"Investors need to dive deep into the details of the different methodologies of ESG raters when the same company has different ratings."

"America's elderly and disabled are cared for by a low-wage and poorly trained workforce. Continuing in this way is in no one's in interest."

"The eventual new and very big kid on the block is, under all but extreme scenarios, China and, after China, India."

"I do think it's really incumbent on a good manager to make sure that people are working where and how they're supposed to in a healthy way."

"Getting workers to actually use the technologies will turn out to be just as important as making sure the systems work in the first place."

"Climate policy efforts are starting to see success, but inaction and delays have motivated stakeholders to search for complementary solutions."

The United States would have that number of days of diesel fuel left [only] "if all of our oil refineries stopped making fuel today."

Research by Zeynep Ton has shown that the way jobs are crafted can affect both productivity and compensation.

"In my experience there are some essential steps that startups should take when the economic environment deteriorates."