Economy May 10 Elderly Folks at Home and the Curse of Internet Investing The TreasuryDirect.gov homepage. Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and Web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Tuesday's query: Name: Chris Curry Question: The Bureau of the…
Arts May 09 Making Sen$e: My Least-Favorite Investment Vehicle (Except For All the Other Ones) Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and readers on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Will G. Knox Question: Safety of TIPs? Paul Solman: The shortest question ever received…
Economy May 06 Dueling April Jobs Numbers Cloud Some Good News for Economy Once again, the monthly unemployment data give occasion for those who have hair to lose more of it. The Household Survey, from which the much-trumpeted "Unemployment number" comes, brings us a rise in official unemployment to 9 percent, due to…
Arts May 05 Ask Oscar-Winning ‘Inside Job’ Director Your Questions on the Financial Crisis // Editor's Note: Producer and director Charles Ferguson won an Academy Award this year for "Inside Job," his documentary about the financial crisis. On Wednesday night's broadcast, we spoke with Ferguson about one of the major…
Arts May 04 A Dark Abyss of Blessing or Curse Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Wednesday's query: Name: Hillhopper Question: I just listened to a business executive on TV…
Economy May 02 Keynes vs. Hayek, the Rematch: Keynes Responds Late last week the makers of the 2009 rap video "'Fear the Boom and Bust' a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem" came out with a follow-up: "Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek Round Two". John…
Economy May 02 Keynes vs. Hayek, the Rematch: Keynes Responds Late last week the makers of the 2009 rap video "'Fear the Boom and Bust' a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem" came out with a follow-up: "Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek Round Two". John Maynard Keynes…
Arts Apr 28 Keynes vs. Hayek: Round Two "We've been going back and forth for a century." So began an economics rap between two long-dead English economists, interventionist John Maynard Keynes and governmentophobe Friedrich Hayek that went viral. The rap's dress rehearsal debuted on the NewsHour back in…
Economy Apr 27 The Obamas Gave $131,000 to Fisher House Foundation in 2010; What Is It? Photo of President Obama by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images Editor's Note: The Obama document du jour may be the President's birth certificate, but here on the Business Desk we've been looking into another document: the First Family's tax return. Last…
Economy Apr 26 Suppose You Want to Pay Down the National Debt, All by Yourself? Photo by Flickr user CarbonNYC Slate, the online magazine, has a fascinating explainer of an oft-asked question: can individuals help pay down the debt and if so, how? From Slate's Brian Palmer: There are several ways for…