Making Sen$e

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.

A Million Dollars for an Extra Year of Life? ‘It’s my tax dollars!’

Tracy Morgan with her husband Mark before he died of brain cancer in 2011. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Thursday's query: Name: Nancy…

A Million Dollars for an Extra Year of Life? ‘It’s my tax dollars!’

Tracy Morgan with her husband Mark before he died of brain cancer in 2011. 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: Name:…

It’s Official: Inequality Still on the Rise

Dominick Aldridga, 8, stands with his family at a mobile food pantry distribution point in Deposit, New York. According to the 2010 Census, 15.72 percent the population serviced by this mobile pantry live at or below the federal poverty…

It’s Official: Inequality Still on the Rise

How Safe Are Bonds? Warnings for a Mom Who May Be Getting Bad Investment Advice

By Paul Solman

Stacks of one hundred dollar bills pass through a circulator machine at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic…

How Safe Are Bonds? Warnings for a Mom Who May Be Getting Bad Investment Advice

Merle Hazard Hurtles Over the Fiscal Cliff

( {"video_url": "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WswgoQZ8xHI"} ) On this page, we like to feature monetary minstrel Jon Shayne, a Nashville investment manager whose nom de croon is Merle Hazard. Merle has written and sung such classics as H-E-D-G-E, In…

Merle Hazard Hurtles Over the Fiscal Cliff

What Does the Solman Scale Say about Unemployment?

An applicant speaks with a prospective employer at a New York job fair. Photo by Getty Images/John Moore. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page.