Economy Apr 13

Name: George Sacco Question: In these economic reports there never seems to be any comment and analysis about the real effects of unemployment on families: how kids are impacted at school, how families have to move in with grandparents, how…

Economy Apr 12

Tax day is breathing down our necks: just under one week left to file. And that's including this year's three-day extension; tax day bumped from the traditional April 15th to the 18th since DC government workers are off Friday (the…

Economy Apr 11

Name: Michael Cassady Question: As I read deeper into the details about the financial crisis, it seems the root condition that capital is 'capitalizing upon,' excuse the pun, is the transitional inefficiencies affecting the integration of formerly hegemonic national economies…

Arts Apr 08

// Just hours away from a potential government shutdown, Paul Solman speaks via Skype with two economists on the financial implications of the budget impasse in this week's edition of "Weekonomics: Our Friday Roundup."…

Economy Apr 07

I wrote yesterday about a chat with the former head of President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers, Martin Baily, now of the Brookings Institution. Most striking to me, was his suggestion that there could conceivably be an upside to…

Arts Apr 05

// Video shot and produced by Elizabeth Shell. Returning from tours in Iraq or Afghanistan (and sometimes both), American veterans struggle to adjust to civilian life: many are still grappling with what they experienced in combat and, as…

Economy Apr 04

Name: Paul Menzel Question: I understand that it is more profitable for hi-tech companies to have their devices manufactured overseas (primarily Asia) than to manufacture them domestically. Could these companies manufacture their products in the U.S. and still make a…

Economy Apr 01

Today we initiate "Weekonomics," a Friday roundup of the week's economics news. No fooling. Simon Johnson starts us off with "lightning round" answers to questions on the banks, Europe, Japan and, because the monthly jobs data came out this morning,…

Economy Mar 30

Editor's Note | If you're one of the millions of Americans who filled out a college basketball national championship bracket this year, odds are you're out of luck. ESPN reports that only two brackets out of over 5.9 million…

Economy Mar 30

Name: Alex Question: Maybe it's my background as a college instructor (and union member), but Paul Solman's tone in his inquiry into GM workers' wages raised my hackles. It may be that the intent was didactic -- to instruct viewers…