Economy Aug 25 ‘Rational Optimist’ Matt Ridley Answers Your Questions on Economy, Science Editor's Note: Last week, Paul Solman talked to "rational optimist" Matt Ridley about why he believes that life on earth for humans is getting better and better. _pap_embed_custom('news01n4276qf42',482,304,""); Ridley agreed to answer some of your questions -- his…
Economy Aug 18 A Second Look at Strategic Mortgage Defaulters In anticipation of Tuesday's rerun of our report on strategic mortgage defaults, producer Lee Koromvokis checked back in with the characters we interviewed back in April for the story. _pap_embed_custom('news01n3e69qe80',482,304,""); Fort Myers restaurant manager Josh Bartlett is still…
Economy Aug 12 More from 99ers: Unemployment Leads to Foreclosure Updated 4:19 p.m. Given today's news that foreclosures jumped 9 percent in July, we've posted the last of our 99er interview outtakes, in which Faith Phillips tells a striking story: She'll be paying off condo fees on her foreclosed…
Economy Aug 11 Making Sense: More From the ’99ers’ There's been quite a bit of reaction to our story last Friday on the extension (or non-extension) of unemployment insurance benefits past 99 weeks. You can read some of it here in the comments section on the Making…
Economy Aug 06 The ’99ers’ Share Their Stories Editor's Note: Last month, Congress extended federal unemployment benefits for people who had been out of work up to 99 weeks. But for the millions of Americans who have been jobless longer than that -- the "99ers" -- there will…
Economy Jul 22 In Spain, Present Looks Brighter than Past Despite Economic Woes // Editor's Note: Paul Solman is reporting from Greece and Spain this week on Europe's economic woes. This entry is cross-posted on his business desk blog. Jose Antonio Martinez Soler is a distinguished Spanish journalist who was tortured in…
Economy Jul 21 Part II: Greek Prime Minister Talks Debt Crisis, World Economy // Editor's Note: Paul Solman is reporting from Greece this week about the country's financial crisis. Above, watch the second half of his interview with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou about how Greece is handling the crisis. He also talks…
Arts Jul 20 Greek Prime Minister Talks Financial Crisis, Austerity Measures _pap_embed_custom('news01s41a1qf06',482,304,""); Editor's Note: On Tuesday's NewsHour, Paul Solman reports on how the people of Greece are responding to the austerity measures the country has imposed to deal with its debt crisis. "Obviously we have a daunting [...] prospect to change…
Arts Jul 19 Country Singer Merle Hazard Tackles the Greek Debt Crisis We here at Making Sen$e have long been fans of Nashville investment adviser Jon Shayne, who became known to us as Merle Hazard, the singer and author of country-and-western songs about economics. We featured snippets of his performances…
Economy Jul 19 Merle Hazard on the Greek Debt Crisis We here at Making Sen$e have long been fans of Nashville investment adviser Jon Shayne, who became known to us as Merle Hazard, the singer and author of country-and-western songs about economics. We featured snippets of his performances in…