Economy Sep 19 Why, With Unemployment So High, Do So Many Jobs Go Begging? An applicant speaks with a prospective employer at a New York job fair. Photo by: Getty Images/John Moore As former President Bill Clinton put it in his speech earlier this month at the Democratic National Convention, "there are already more…
Economy Sep 19 Why, With Unemployment So High, Do So Many Jobs Go Begging? An applicant speaks with a prospective employer at a New York job fair. Photo by: Getty Images/John Moore As former President Bill Clinton put it in his speech earlier this month at the Democratic National Convention, "there are already more…
Economy Sep 14 Reporting on the Bank Fallouts: A Guide to the Past Four Years A pedestrian walks by the American International Group Inc. building in New York, on March 24, 2009. Photo by Gino Domenico/ Bloomberg via Getty Images. On Friday's show, the NewsHour takes a look at the state of the bank bailouts…
Economy Sep 12 How Safe Are Bonds? Warnings for a Mom Who May Be Getting Bad Investment Advice Stacks of one hundred dollar bills pass through a circulator machine at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic…
Economy Sep 09 How to Invest $100,000 if You’re 45 Photo by Kick Images via Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Friday's query is being posted today since it was bumped by the Democratic…
Economy Sep 06 What Deductions Might Romney Cut? Two Eminent Economists Duke it Out Bill Clinton blistered the Republicans on a variety of points last night but prominent among them, to an economics correspondent, was his attack on the Romney/Ryan budget plan and its tax cut for the upper crust. "That makes the debt…
Economy Sep 06 Keynes or Say? How Do I Vote? Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on the Making Sen$e page. Here is Thursday's query: Name: Brian Christopher Question: Hi, Paul. Just read your post on Keynes vs. Say's…
Economy Sep 05 Is Academia Becoming an “Idea Graveyard?” Photo credit: j.gresham via Flickr Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on the Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query: Name: Michael Shinder Question: Science and technology don't seem to…
Economy Sep 04 Which Economists Can See the Future? Nassim Taleb and Nouriel Roubini predicted the last collapse. But even they don't think that means they'll be able to predict the next one. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on…
Making Sen$e Aug 17 Where Are All These Summer Workers Coming From? If you’ve been to the beach this summer, chances are you’ve run into seasonal workers from abroad. Our own Lee Koromvokis, esteemed NewsHour producer, said they were everywhere on a recent trip to Cape May, N.J.: “The waiter who served…