Economy Dec 19 Communism: Plato’s ‘Cure for Extreme Political Ambition’ Photo by Science Source via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Thursday's query: Eric Forbis: In "Communism, Capitalism and the Third…
Economy Dec 18 Federal ‘Tax Breaks’ or ‘It’s My Money’? Image by Robin Jareaux/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query, a comment sent by a viewer from Kansas: Barbara Penn: Hello…
Economy Dec 17 Can an Ex Collect from His Older Ex-Wife When She Hits 66? Photo by CSA Images via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security "mistakes" and his Social Security gotchas have prompted so many of you to write in that…
Economy Dec 14 CDs vs. Bond Funds: Which Is Better? Photo by Peter Dazeley via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Friday's query: Paul Hyland: Please discuss the merits of one- or…
Economy Dec 13 Tallying the Unemployed: Where in the World is U-7? Job seekers wait in line to meet with recruiters during a job fair in South San Francisco, California. Photo by Justin Sullivan via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on…
Economy Dec 12 What’s Wrong with a Municipal Bond Fund? Photo by Peter Dazeley via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query: Peter Stratton: I'm interested in current income only. Why…
Economy Dec 10 How Would the Fiscal Cliff Affect Your Tax Bill? Ettore Sottsass, Summa 19 Electronic Printing Calculator, 1970. Manufactured by Ing. C. Olivetti & C. S.p.A., Italy. Photo courtesy of the Denver Art Museum. As we all watch the folks in Washington wrangle over how to avert the fiscal cliff,…
Economy Dec 10 The Hysterical Economy Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images. Paul Solman: "Ask Larry" Kotlikoff is best known on this page as the Social Security guru who answers your questions every Monday, as he did this morning. In the real world, though, he's…
Economy Dec 10 The Hysterical Economy Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images. Paul Solman: "Ask Larry" Kotlikoff is best known on this page as the Social Security guru who answers your questions every Monday, as he did this morning. In the real world, though, he's a sometimes…
Economy Dec 10 How Would the Fiscal Cliff Affect Your Tax Bill? Ettore Sottsass, Summa 19 Electronic Printing Calculator, 1970. Manufactured by Ing. C. Olivetti & C. S.p.A., Italy. Photo courtesy of the Denver Art Museum. As we all watch the folks in Washington wrangle over how to avert the fiscal cliff,…