Economy Jun 06 Paul Krugman on Why David Stockman Is a Crank By Diane Lincoln Estes // Paul Solman recently sat down with with Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman. Earlier we posted an excerpt from our interview with David Stockman, the former politician and businessman who's out with a much talked about…
Economy Jun 06 Why David Stockman Yearns for 19th Century America // David Stockman, budget director under President Reagan, spoke to Paul Solman on The PBS NewsHour Tuesday. As regular readers already know, we recently aired an interview with David Stockman, the former budget director under President Reagan and private equity…
Economy Jun 05 Why David Stockman Yearns for 19th Century America By Diane Lincoln Estes // David Stockman, budget director under President Reagan, spoke to Paul Solman on The PBS NewsHour Tuesday. As regular readers already know, we recently aired an interview with David Stockman, the former budget director under President…
Economy Jun 05 Krugman Says Forget Debt, Help the Unemployed // Paul Solman's interview with Paul Krugman on "The Great Deformation" will air on the PBS NewsHour soon. We recently sat down with former politician and businessman David Stockman to discuss his controversial book, "The Great Deformation," in which…
Economy Jun 05 Krugman Says Forget Debt, Help the Unemployed By Diane Lincoln Estes // Paul Solman's interview with Paul Krugman on "The Great Deformation" will air on the PBS NewsHour soon. We recently sat down with former politician and businessman David Stockman to discuss his controversial book, "The…
Economy May 24 How High Is African-American Unemployment and Is It Going Down? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from the PBS NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sense Business Desk page. Paul Solman: Last hired, first fired. It's a cliché of the labor market that…
Economy Apr 22 How to Start a Senior Business for ‘Dummies’ // We interviewed Judi Henderson-Townsend, the owner of Mannequin Madness, for our story on senior entrepreneurs, airing on the Monday broadcast of PBS NewsHour. Surrounded by "stiffs" in an Oakland, Calif., warehouse, Henderson-Townsend told us how she got into…
Economy Apr 22 How to Start a Senior Business for ‘Dummies’ By Diane Lincoln Estes and Paul Solman // We interviewed Judi Henderson-Townsend, the owner of Mannequin Madness, for our story on senior entrepreneurs, airing on the Monday broadcast of PBS NewsHour. Surrounded by "stiffs" in an Oakland, Calif., warehouse,…
Economy Mar 18 When Will You Retire? Creative Commons photo courtesy of flickr user wheatfieldbrown. Monday's PBS NewsHour will feature our Making Sense story on the aging of academia. The population of professors over 65 has more than doubled since 2000 and many say they…
Arts Jun 22 Can Investment Assumptions Worsen the State Pension Fund Crisis? Well, no. Investment assumptions themselves don't worsen the crisis, but as we explain in our story on Rhode Island on Wednesday's broadcast, decisions about pension fund investment assumptions can mean higher taxes, lower pensions and bitter politics. Why?…