Nation Nov 19 Should bankers take a Hippocratic Oath? Thanks to recent financial scandals and fraud, public trust in the financial industry is low. But a new study published in the journal Nature shows that bankers, themselves, aren't dishonest people; the industry makes them behave dishonestly. What is it…
Nation Nov 14 Don’t count on corporate gender quotas to break the glass ceiling Could increasing the percentage of women on corporate boards have a trickle-down effect on the workforce? That's not the case when quotas, and later sanctions, are used to force businesses to invite more women to the boardroom.
Politics Nov 12 2016 is all about Hillary Clinton and the GOP drama If she were a Republican, she’d be the elephant in the room. In many ways, the 2016 election is all about Hillary Clinton. She leads in all the polls. Republicans have been taking aim at her since she stepped down…
Politics Nov 11 Money is pretty good predictor of who will win elections We already know that the $4 billion spent on this midterm election was more than any other midterm in history. It was the most on congressional elections ever, including during a presidential year. What do the numbers really tell us?…
Nation Nov 10 A better way to have predicted the GOP wave Most polls ask voters whom they plan to vote for. But it turns out that asking voters who they think will win has actually yielded more accurate results, and the 2014 midterm election was no exception. In fact, that kind…
Politics Nov 10 2014 midterm election turnout lowest in 70 years Final numbers are still being tallied, but at this point it looks pretty clear that turnout in these midterms was the lowest overall in 70 years. Turnout of the voting-eligible population was just 36.4 percent, according to the projection from…
Nation Nov 09 If the economic news is good, why did voters say it’s bad? Two-thirds of voters told exit pollsters last week that the economy was getting worse. And yet, Friday's jobs report marked the ninth straight month of job gains over 200,000 and the lowest unemployment rate since the summer of 2008.
Nation Nov 07 The startling fact you, we and Paul Krugman didn’t know about the jobs report October's payroll gains were slightly lower than expected at 214,000, but average six-month gains continued to suggest a strong recovery. You might be surprised to learn, however, that those payroll gains don't just reflect full-time jobs. They also include part-time…
Nation Nov 06 From Alan Greenspan to Justin Wolfers, economists consider the Fed’s ‘Dual Mandate’ On the eve of the release of October's employment data, which will paint the first official portrait of the labor market since the Federal Reserve ended quantitative easing last week, Making Sen$e turns to top economists, many of them former…
Politics Nov 06 How the battle of the sexes shifted power in DC Today in the Morning Line: Women make just incremental gains Democrats slipped with women Republicans won big margins with men in key places Women in the new Congress: There will be 100 women for the first time in Congress.