Jun 22 Watch Could Facebook Get Squashed by a “Better Mousetrap?” Part of his Making Sen$e of financial news series, economic correspondent Paul Solman speaks with author and longtime media blogger Rory O'Connor about social media security, privacy violations and what, if anything, could take Facebook down. Continue watching
Jun 22 Robin Wells on Universal Coverage, Europe Unwinding and Husband Paul Krugman In the last installment of our extended profile of Paul Krugman, we turn to his wife Robin Wells. An economist who also co-authors textbooks with him, Wells talked with us at their home on a particularly rainy… Continue reading
Jun 22 Robin Wells on Universal Coverage, Europe Unwinding and Husband Paul Krugman In the last installment of our extended profile of Paul Krugman, we turn to his wife Robin Wells. An economist who also co-authors textbooks with him, Wells talked with us at their home on a… Continue reading
Jun 21 Paul Krugman on the ‘Cartoon Physics’ of the 2008 Crash EmbedVideo(3695, 620, 386); Thursday marks the penultimate installment of our extended profile of economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman here on Making Sen$e. The topic: What happened in the great crash of '08? Are we… Continue reading
Jun 21 Paul Krugman on the ‘Cartoon Physics’ of the 2008 Crash EmbedVideo(3695, 482, 304); Thursday marks the penultimate installment of our extended profile of economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman here on Making Sen$e. The topic: What happened in the great crash of '08? Are we… Continue reading
Jun 20 Paul Krugman on Ben Bernanke’s ‘Green Shoots’ EmbedVideo(3686, 620, 386); Continuing our profile of economist Paul Krugman, we turn to a topic in the news today: the Federal Reserve. On Monday, remember, we featured Krugman on European austerity, with a response from Jacob… Continue reading
Jun 20 Paul Krugman on Ben Bernanke’s ‘Green Shoots’ EmbedVideo(3686, 482, 304); Continuing our profile of economist Paul Krugman, we turn to a topic in the news today: the Federal Reserve. On Monday, remember, we featured Krugman on European austerity, with a response from Jacob… Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch One Family’s Effort to Buy Black for a Year Paul Solman reports on one African-American family's year-long mission to shop only at black-owned businesses. Part of his Making Sen$e of financial news series, Solman speaks with the family about their "Empowerment Experiment," and looks at some of the challenges… Continue watching
Jun 19 Paul Krugman on Europe ‘Doing the Unthinkable’ EmbedVideo(3671, 620, 386); This week we're profiling one of the more prolific, public and controversial economists -- Paul Krugman. We couldn't fit everything of interest into one piece, so over the next few days we're rescuing some… Continue reading
Jun 19 Paul Krugman on Europe ‘Doing the Unthinkable’ EmbedVideo(3671, 482, 304); This week we're profiling one of the more prolific, public and controversial economists -- Paul Krugman. We couldn't fit everything of interest into one piece, so over the next few days we're rescuing some… Continue reading