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…
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…
Economy Jun 25 Is Google Scared? Submit Your Questions on the Future of Social Media // On Friday's show, I interviewed Rory O'Connor, longtime video journalist, blogger and author of the new book, "Friends, Followers and the Future," about the power and perils of social networks. O'Connor has agreed to answer…
Economy Jun 06 More Pain in Spain People take part in a protest in front of a BBVA bank office in Barcelona. Photo by Josep Lago AFP/Getty Images This week here at Making Sen$e, we'll be featuring dispatches from Europe's financial front lines - mainly and plainly,…
Economy Jun 05 Who Benefited from JP Morgan’s Losses? JPMorgan Chase World Headquarters on Park Avenue in New York City. Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Tuesday's…