Making Sen$e

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.

Larry Kotlikoff Answers Your Social Security Questions

Two men hold hands with their marriage license after their wedding ceremony at the Manhattan City Clerk's office in New York. Photo by Jin Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security "secrets" and his answers to your…

Larry Kotlikoff Answers Your Social Security Questions

Reporting on the Bank Fallouts: A Guide to the Past Four Years

By Paul Solman

A pedestrian walks by the American International Group Inc. building in New York, on March 24, 2009. Photo by Gino Domenico/ Bloomberg via Getty Images. On Friday's show, the NewsHour takes a look at the state of the bank bailouts…

Paul Solman Reports on the Bank Fallouts: A Guide to the Past Four Years

$1 Billion a Year in Military Aid to Egypt for 40 Years: Just Keep Giving?

Yemeni protesters gather around fire during a demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa over a film mocking Islam. Yemeni forces managed to drive out angry protesters who stormed the embassy with police firing warning shots. Photo by Mohammed…

$1 Billion a Year in Military Aid to Egypt for 40 Years: Just Keep Giving?

Should You Not Pay Down Loans These Days?

Creative Commons image courtesy flickr user nikcname. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Friday's query is being posted today since it was bumped by the…

Should You Not Pay Down Loans These Days?

American Seniors: Poor No More

Photo by Nick Dolding via Getty images. Wednesday's post on the release of 2011 census economic data brought the predictably downbeat news that inequality continued to increase in America last year, as it has for decades.