Sep 20 A Healthy Middle Class for a Healthy Economy? Photo by Michael Melford via Getty Images Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Thursday's query: Jeff Tuttle: I have always heard a healthy… Continue reading
Sep 19 Why, With Unemployment So High, Do So Many Jobs Go Begging? By Paul Solman An applicant speaks with a prospective employer at a New York job fair. Photo by: Getty Images/John Moore As former President Bill Clinton put it in his speech earlier this month at the Democratic National Convention, "there are already more… Continue reading
Sep 19 Why, With Unemployment So High, Do So Many Jobs Go Begging? By Paul Solman An applicant speaks with a prospective employer at a New York job fair. Photo by: Getty Images/John Moore As former President Bill Clinton put it in his speech earlier this month at the Democratic National Convention, "there are already more… Continue reading
Sep 19 Trillions of Dollars in Bank Bailouts: Socialism for the Rich? Photo of the Federal Reserve by: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query: Bill Harshaw: Sen. Bernie… Continue reading
Sep 19 Trillions of Dollars in Bank Bailouts: Socialism for the Rich? Photo of the Federal Reserve by: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query: Bill Harshaw: Sen. Bernie… Continue reading
Sep 18 Ten of the Worst Social Security 'Gotchas' Creative Commons photo courtesy flickr user 401(K) 2012 . Paul Solman: Boston University economist Laurence Kotlikoff has become our Social Security expert here at the Online NewsHour. Some of his previous posts can be accessed from here. Continue reading
Sep 18 Ten of the Worst Social Security 'Gotchas' Creative Commons photo courtesy flickr user 401(K) 2012 . By Larry Kotlikoff, with an introduction by Paul Solman Paul Solman: Boston University economist Laurence Kotlikoff has become our Social Security expert here at the Online NewsHour. Some of… Continue reading
Sep 18 A Tax that Creates Jobs Instead of Just Enriching Owners? Photo by Bob Travaglione FoToEdge via Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Tuesday's query: Name: Frank T. Manheim Question: I'm… Continue reading
Sep 18 A Tax that Creates Jobs Instead of Just Enriching Owners? Photo by Bob Travaglione FoToEdge via Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Tuesday's query: Name: Frank T. Manheim Question: I'm INTENSELY… Continue reading
Sep 17 When Will the Unemployed Riot? A man resists two arresting officers during a 1977 demonstration concerning unemployment in America. Photo by Brian Alpert/Keystone/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Continue reading