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…
Economy Aug 06 Larry Kotlikoff on Social Security: ‘We’re Not in Kansas Anymore’ From left to right, Jack Haley as the Tin Man, Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Judy Garland as Dorothy and Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion in the MGM film "The Wizard of Oz," 1939. MGM Studios/Archive Photos/Getty Images.
Economy Jul 20 Environmental Stand-up Economist: ‘We’re Going to Find Out How Bad Climate Change Really Is’ EmbedVideo(3942, 620, 386); Stand-up economist Yoram Bauman spent five months in China recently, studying climate change at a university and sending occasional video dispatches to us at Making Sen$e. I myself spent some time in China in…
Economy Jul 19 Is Campaign Spending a Lousy Idea, or Does it Help the Economy? President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney were both campaigning in the swing state of Ohio earlier this summer. Both sides are poised to spend $1 billion each in the race to the White House. Paul Solman answers…
Science Jul 17 Researchers Consider Graphene as a Cure for Desalination Woes Saltwater flows into the pre-treatment hall at the Kurnell desalination plant in Sydney, Australia. Photo by Bloomberg via Getty Images. The earth harbors about 1.4 billion cubic kilometers of water. Unfortunately, the vast majority of that water comes…
Economy Jul 03 If We Could Time Travel with Krugman, Would He Still Recommend Stimulus? A Metropolitan Transit Authority engineer walks through a tunnel at the Long Island Rail Road East Side Access project, which received economic stimulus money. Photo by: Scott Eells/Bloomberg/Getty Images Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business…
Economy Jul 03 If We Could Time Travel with Krugman, Would He Still Recommend Stimulus? A Metropolitan Transit Authority engineer walks through a tunnel at the Long Island Rail Road East Side Access project, which received economic stimulus money. Photo by: Scott Eells/Bloomberg/Getty Images Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business…
Economy Jul 02 In Choosing Assets, What’s Safer than U.S. Bonds? Silver coins and bullion bars sit on display in the window of a bank in Vienna, Austria. Photo by Akos Stiller/Bloomberg/Getty Images Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making…