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About Paul @paulsolman

Paul Solman has been a correspondent for the PBS News Hour since 1985, mainly covering business and economics.

While attending Brandeis University, Solman joined the Brandeis newspaper, The Justice, and eventually became its editor. He got his first journalism job in 1970 at the alternative weekly Boston After Dark.

Solman became founding editor of the rival alternative weekly The Real Paper in 1972 and went on to become a feature writer and investigative reporter.

Solman received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1978.

After a few years of local PBS reporting, he inaugurated the PBS business documentary series, ENTERPRISE with fellow Nieman Fellow Zvi Dor-Ner.

In the 1980s, Solman produced documentaries, returned to local reporting, and joined the Harvard Business School faculty, teaching media, finance and business history in the school's Advanced Management Program. He also co-authored “Life and Death on the Corporate Battlefield” in 1983, which appeared in Japanese, German and Taiwanese editions. He joined the MacNeil/Lehrer Report in 1985.

In the '90s, with sociologist Morrie Schwartz, a teacher of his at Brandeis, Solman helped create -- and wrote the introduction to the book "Morrie: In His Own Words," which preceded "Tuesdays with Morrie.” In 2015, Solman co-authored “Get What's Yours: the Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security.”

Solman has lectured on college campuses since the '80s and has written for numerous publications, including the Journal of Economic Education. As a one-time cab driver, kindergarten teacher, crafts store co-owner and management consultant, he was also the author and presenter of "Discovering Economics with Paul Solman," a series of videos to accompany introductory economics textbooks.

In 2007, he joined the faculty at Yale, where he contributed to the university's Grand Strategy course for a decade. In 2011, he was the Richman Distinguished Visiting Professor at his alma mater, Brandeis, where he taught a seminar, "Economic Grand Strategies: From Chimps to Champs? Or Chumps?" He has taught regularly at West Point, the Naval War College and was an adjunct faculty member at Gateway Community College in New Haven, CT, where he created the evening program, “Yale@Gateway.” In 2016, he was a Visiting Fellow at Mansfield College, Oxford University.

Since 2019, Solman has chaired the board of the anti-polarization American Exchange Project, a nonpolitical nonprofit domestic "foreign exchange" program that introduces high school seniors from everywhere in America to each other, sends and embeds them, for free, in communities unlike their own.

Solman took up tennis at 50. His father was the American expressionist artist Joseph Solman. He is married with two children and seven grandchildren.

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Paul’s Recent Stories

Economy Jul 30

What Henry Ford’s Deep Hatred of Jews Can Teach Us About Anti-Islamism Today

Tuesday marks the 150th birthday of Henry Ford, pictured here with his Model T. Photo courtesy of Getty Images. Tuesday marks the 150th birthday of the great American industrialist Henry Ford -- genius of manufacturing, pacifist, friend of the working…

Economy Jul 30

What Henry Ford’s Deep Hatred of Jews Can Teach Us About Anti-Islamism Today

By Paul Solman Tuesday marks the 150th birthday of Henry Ford, pictured here with his Model T. Photo courtesy of Getty Images. Tuesday marks the 150th birthday of the great American industrialist Henry Ford -- genius of manufacturing, pacifist, friend…

Economy Jul 18

The American Dream of Retirement: Do You Have to Be Asleep to Believe It?

Does the American dream still exist for American boomers? Photo courtesy of Thanasis Zovoilis/Flickr via Getty. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Today's query is about…

Economy Jul 18

The American Dream of Retirement: Do You Have to Be Asleep to Believe It?

By Paul Solman Does the American dream still exist for American boomers? Photo courtesy of Thanasis Zovoilis/Flickr via Getty. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page.

Economy Jul 17

Cut-throat China: the Toxic Effects of Its Obsession With Wealth

China's economic focus on consumption has ill effects for its society. Photo courtesy of Getty Images. That the Chinese are consumed with consumption is hardly news, but as reported Monday, efforts to boost domestic consumption are languishing as China's…

Economy Jul 17

Cut-throat China: the Toxic Effects of Its Obsession With Wealth

By Paul Solman China's economic focus on consumption has ill effects for its society. Photo courtesy of Getty Images. That the Chinese are consumed with consumption is hardly news, but as reported Monday, efforts to boost domestic consumption…

Economy Jul 11

Seeing Is Believing: Using Virtual Reality to Change You and Society

Virtual reality research suggests that seeing your face morphed with that of a political candidate may make you more likely to vote for that candidate. Would a virtual resemblance to Mitt Romney, left, or President Barack Obama, right, influence Paul's…

Economy Jul 11

Seeing Is Believing: Using Virtual Reality to Change You and Society

By Paul Solman Virtual reality research suggests that seeing your face morphed with that of a political candidate may make you more likely to vote for that candidate. Would a virtual resemblance to Mitt Romney, left, or President Barack…

Economy Jul 09

Musician as Entrepreneur: How About Rossini’s Gambling Casino?

Italian composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini participated in what today would be considered an unorthodox business venture to support opera. Discover how contemporary artists are supporting their careers in our latest Making Sen$e report on Tuesday's PBS NewsHour. Image courtesy of…

Economy Jul 09

Musician as Entrepreneur: How About Rossini’s Gambling Casino?

By Paul Solman Italian composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini participated in what today would be considered an unorthodox business venture to support opera. Discover how contemporary artists are supporting their careers in our latest Making Sen$e report on Tuesday's…

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