May 16 Why Isn’t There a Single World Currency? A pile of money from around the world -- currencies of the U.S. (dollar), U.K. (pound), and Europe (euro). Creative Commons photo courtesy flickr user Images_of_Money. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic… Continue reading
May 15 Are U.S. Wages Enough to Live On? A waitress carries a pizza to customers at Gino's East restaurant in Chicago. Wait staff in Illinois earn $2.13 an hour, before tips. Photo by Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on… Continue reading
May 15 Are U.S. Wages Enough to Live On? A waitress carries a pizza to customers at Gino's East restaurant in Chicago. Wait staff in Illinois earn $2.13 an hour, before tips. Photo by Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience… Continue reading
May 14 Worried About Retirement? An Excellent Free Video Tool Debuts Image of "Curious Behaviors" used with permission of the Financial Security Project at Boston College. A suggestion for those pondering retirement: a [new interactive video tool](http://fsp.bc.edu/curious/) introduced by old friend Alicia Munnell, professor of management, director of the… Continue reading
May 14 Worried About Retirement? An Excellent Free Video Tool Debuts Image of "Curious Behaviors" used with permission of the Financial Security Project at Boston College. A suggestion for those pondering retirement: a new interactive video tool introduced by old friend Alicia Munnell, professor of management, director of… Continue reading
May 11 The ‘Safest Investment’ for Americans Finance professor Zvi Bodie talks to Paul Solman in 2011 about pension woes. In response to our post of May 9 on the benefits of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, this arrived from the eminent finance guru from Boston… Continue reading
May 11 The ‘Safest Investment’ for Americans Finance professor Zvi Bodie talks to Paul Solman in 2011 about pension woes. In response to our post of May 9 on the benefits of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, this arrived from the eminent finance guru from Boston… Continue reading
May 10 ‘The Scream’: For Love or Money? "The Scream," painted by Edvard Munch in 1895, sold at a record price of $119.9 million on May 2. A few belated thoughts on the economics of art in the wake of the $120 million price fetched by Edvard… Continue reading
May 10 ‘The Scream’: For Love or Money? "The Scream," painted by Edvard Munch in 1895, sold at a record price of $119.9 million on May 2. A few belated thoughts on the economics of art in the wake of the $120 million price fetched by Edvard… Continue reading
May 09 Making Sen$e: Hot TIPS on Where To Invest By Paul Solman Photo by Kick Images via Getty Images. Readers of this page regularly ask about Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (see note below), which I've long said are my own preferred investment vehicle. Do TIPS still make up more than half the family… Continue reading