Apr 06 Unemployment Rate Dips to 8.2% as 120,000 New Jobs Are Added in March A job seeker holds a job application during the San Francisco Hirevent job fair last month. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. The online headlines sum up the just-released March unemployment numbers: "Job Growth Loses Steam," announced the Wall… Continue reading
Apr 05 A ‘Bubble’ Media Diet: The Daily Show, M*A*S*H and the PBS NewsHour? Jon Stewart interviews Adm. Mike Mullen during a 2010 "Daily Show" taping. Public domain photo via the U.S. Navy In Tuesday's post, which featured viewer emails responding to Charles Murray's bubble quiz, we published one from a… Continue reading
Apr 05 A ‘Bubble’ Media Diet: The Daily Show, M*A*S*H and the PBS NewsHour? Jon Stewart interviews Adm. Mike Mullen during a 2010 "Daily Show" taping. Public domain photo via the U.S. Navy In Tuesday's post, which featured viewer emails responding to Charles Murray's bubble quiz, we published one… Continue reading
Apr 04 Are Strategic Defaults the Housing Crisis’ Culprit? Creative commons image courtesy of flickr user truliavisuals. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query: Name: Tuba Gokcek Question: Strategic defaults… Continue reading
Apr 04 Are Strategic Defaults the Housing Crisis’ Culprit? Creative commons image courtesy of flickr user truliavisuals. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query: Name: Tuba Gokcek Question: Strategic defaults… Continue reading
Apr 03 Your Thoughts on the Bubble Quiz Creative commons photo courtesy flickr user Smaku. A bevy of emails have inundated our inbox since we first posted Charles Murray's popular quiz, "Do You Live In a Bubble?" and its attempt to ascertain users' socio-economic status… Continue reading
Apr 03 Your Thoughts on the Bubble Quiz Creative commons photo courtesy flickr user Smaku. A bevy of emails have inundated our inbox since we first posted Charles Murray's popular quiz, "Do You Live In a Bubble?" and its attempt to ascertain users' socio-economic status… Continue reading
Apr 02 Where to Find Our Economic Inequality Coverage Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Monday's query: Name: Bill Grisolia Question: Did you do the report examining the connections between the growing… Continue reading
Apr 02 Economic Inequality Series: A Guide Illustration by Alberto Ruggieri via Getty Images. Paul Solman has been covering economic inequality for nearly 25 years as part of his business and economics reporting for the PBS NewsHour. His recent series has looked at the… Continue reading
Apr 02 Economic Inequality Series: a Guide Illustration by Alberto Ruggieri via Getty Images. Paul Solman has been covering economic inequality for nearly 25 years as part of his business and economics reporting for the PBS NewsHour. His recent series has looked at… Continue reading