Nov 12 Passing the Buck: China, Dollars and Debt A bit more about the interplay between China's holding of currency and U.S. debt. First, a simple graphical explainer as to how the Chinese government gets so many dollars in the first place, using Ford Motor… Continue reading
Nov 12 Conversation: Alex Ross' 'Listen to This' By Tom LeGro New Yorker music critic Alex Ross' new book is "Listen to This." His previous book, "The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century," won a National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Continue reading
Nov 12 Friday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture news, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston celebrates a new addition. Continue reading
Nov 12 LIFE Releases Never Before Published Photos of John F. Kennedy This week marked the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's election as the nation's 35th president. At 43 years old, Kennedy became the youngest man to be elected to the office, and the nation's first and only Catholic… Continue reading
Nov 11 U.S. Debt and the Chinese Government: A Match Made in Purgatory? By Elizabeth Shell The United States is in debt to the tune of $13.7 trillion. But for what, and to whom? At its core, the debt is the result of more spending than saving at every level, from individual households to businesses… Continue reading
Nov 11 Will the Real Author (Bill Wyman) Please Stand Up? By Molly Finnegan A (creative nonfiction) review of Keith Richard's new book, supposedly written by Mick Jagger, is mistaken for the real thing… Continue reading
Nov 11 For Birbiglia, Comedy Is a Means to an End Mike Birbiglia, a regular on PRI's "This American LIfe", has turned his one-man off-Broadway comedy show into a new book called "Sleepwalk With Me."… Continue reading
Nov 11 Thursday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture news, film producer Dino De Laurentiis has died at age 91. Continue reading
Nov 10 On Wednesday's NewsHour ... Obama at G-20, Haiti Recovery, Deficit Proposal OBAMA AT G-20 | President Obama arrived in South Korea Wednesday ahead of the G-20 Summit amid growing international criticism of the Federal Reserve's recent economic decisions. We examine the president's push in letting the free market help determine… Continue reading
Nov 10 How Stimulating is Military Spending? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Wednesday's query: Name: Rich Tuloch Question: I learned long, long ago in school that… Continue reading