Economy Jun 12 Reinventing Old Age: The Good We Do When We Work Forever // Paul Solman's piece exploring the contributions of older workers airs on The PBS NewsHour Wednesday. We've been reporting on America's aging workforce on the NewsHour over the past several months, covering the factory where the average age is…
Economy Jun 12 Reinventing Old Age: The Good We Do When We Work Forever By Paul Solman // Paul Solman's piece exploring the contributions of older workers airs on The PBS NewsHour Wednesday. We've been reporting on America's aging workforce on the NewsHour over the past several months, covering the factory where the…
Economy Jun 11 Why the Government Should Be Paying You for Your Information // What if government paid for the information it collected on its citizens? Jaron Lanier, widely regarded as the father of virtual reality and the author of "Who Owns the Future?", suggests that would be one step toward balancing the…
Economy Jun 07 U-7 Up; Black Youth Unemployment Hits 42 Percent Our U-7 index includes everyone in the government's U-3: everyone who said they wanted a job and had looked for one in the past four weeks. It also adds everyone who said they wanted one, hadn't looked in the past…
Economy Jun 07 Over 20 Percent Youth Joblessness and Still No Apprenticeships? Photo courtesy of Bloomberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman: Robert Lerman is a centrist economist whose first NewsHour appearance in 2011 generated real wrath. Many viewers and the organization Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) objected to his assertion…
Economy Jun 07 U-7 Up; Black Youth Unemployment Hits 42 Percent By Paul Solman Our U-7 index includes everyone in the government's U-3: everyone who said they wanted a job and had looked for one in the past four weeks. It also adds everyone who said they wanted one, hadn't looked…
Economy Jun 06 Over 20 Percent Youth Joblessness and Still No Apprenticeships? By Paul Solman Photo courtesy of Bloomberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman: Robert Lerman is a centrist economist whose first NewsHour appearance in 2011 generated real wrath. Many viewers and the organization Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) objected…
Economy Jun 05 Fed, Big Banks, Social Security Beware: You’re on David Stockman’s Hit List // Paul Solman interviewed David Stockman on the PBS NewsHour broadcast. We recently interviewed former President Reagan budget director and private equity executive David Stockman about his recent tome, "The Great Deformation." In it, Stockman argues that the American…
Economy Jun 05 Fed, Big Banks, Social Security Beware: You’re on David Stockman’s Hit List // Paul Solman interviewed David Stockman on the PBS NewsHour broadcast. We recently interviewed former President Reagan budget director and private equity executive David Stockman about his recent tome, "The Great Deformation." In it, Stockman argues that the American…
Economy May 31 Do Americans Win or Lose When Someone Becomes a Billionaire? By Paul Solman French artist Jacques Callot created 18 etchings known as "The Miseries and Misfortunes of War," published in 1633. The works depict victorious soldiers burning down villages and hanging those who lost the battle. Is the case the…