Jun 07 U-7 Up; Black Youth Unemployment Hits 42 Percent By Paul Solman By Paul Solman Our U-7 index includes everyone in the government's U-3: everyone who said they wanted a job and had looked for one in the past four weeks. It also adds everyone who said they wanted one, hadn't looked… Continue reading
Jun 06 Over 20 Percent Youth Joblessness and Still No Apprenticeships? By Paul Solman By Paul Solman Photo courtesy of Bloomberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman: Robert Lerman is a centrist economist whose first NewsHour appearance in 2011 generated real wrath. Many viewers and the organization Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) objected… Continue reading
Jun 06 Paul Krugman on Why David Stockman Is a Crank By Diane Lincoln Estes // Paul Solman recently sat down with with Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman. Earlier we posted an excerpt from our interview with David Stockman, the former politician and businessman who's out with a much talked about book, "The Great Deformation."… Continue reading
Jun 06 Paul Krugman on Why David Stockman Is a Crank By Diane Lincoln Estes By Diane Lincoln Estes // Paul Solman recently sat down with with Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman. Earlier we posted an excerpt from our interview with David Stockman, the former politician and businessman who's out with a much talked about… Continue reading
Jun 06 Why David Stockman Yearns for 19th Century America By Diane Lincoln Estes // David Stockman, budget director under President Reagan, spoke to Paul Solman on The PBS NewsHour Tuesday. As regular readers already know, we recently aired an interview with David Stockman, the former budget director under President Reagan and private equity… Continue reading
Jun 05 Why David Stockman Yearns for 19th Century America By Diane Lincoln Estes By Diane Lincoln Estes // David Stockman, budget director under President Reagan, spoke to Paul Solman on The PBS NewsHour Tuesday. As regular readers already know, we recently aired an interview with David Stockman, the former budget director under President… Continue reading
Jun 05 Krugman Says Forget Debt, Help the Unemployed By Diane Lincoln Estes // Paul Solman's interview with Paul Krugman on "The Great Deformation" will air on the PBS NewsHour soon. We recently sat down with former politician and businessman David Stockman to discuss his controversial book, "The Great Deformation," in which… Continue reading
Jun 05 Krugman Says Forget Debt, Help the Unemployed By Diane Lincoln Estes By Diane Lincoln Estes // Paul Solman's interview with Paul Krugman on "The Great Deformation" will air on the PBS NewsHour soon. We recently sat down with former politician and businessman David Stockman to discuss his controversial book, "The… Continue reading
Jun 05 Fed, Big Banks, Social Security Beware: You’re on David Stockman’s Hit List By Paul Solman // Paul Solman interviewed David Stockman on the PBS NewsHour broadcast. We recently interviewed former President Reagan budget director and private equity executive David Stockman about his recent tome, "The Great Deformation." In it, Stockman argues that the American… Continue reading
Jun 05 Fed, Big Banks, Social Security Beware: You’re on David Stockman’s Hit List By Paul Solman // Paul Solman interviewed David Stockman on the PBS NewsHour broadcast. We recently interviewed former President Reagan budget director and private equity executive David Stockman about his recent tome, "The Great Deformation." In it, Stockman argues that the American… Continue reading