Nov 14 Why a Lesson in Money Plus Math Equals Financial Stability By Elizabeth Shell // By Elizabeth Shell. Video: Sheila Bair and Paul Solman talk about how simple math and financial education, like the savings lessons in her children's book 'Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock,' might have helped avert the financial crash. Sheila… Continue reading
Nov 14 Why a Lesson in Money Plus Math Equals Financial Stability EmbedVideo(1971, 482, 304); Video: Sheila Bair and Paul Solman talk about how simple math and financial education, like the savings lessons in her children's book 'Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock,' might have helped avert the financial crash. Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch Job-Seeking Vets Confront Stigma of ‘Falling Behind’ While Deployed More than 12 percent of the roughly 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans were jobless last month, compared to 9 percent of the total population. As part of his reporting on Making Sen$e of financial news, Paul Solman looks at… Continue watching
Nov 11 New Google-Powered Jobs Bank Aims to Lower Veteran Unemployment Rate A homeless U.S. military veteran stands in line for free winter clothing at a 'Stand Down' event hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Organizers say the homeless veteran population has surged in recent years along with the high… Continue reading
Nov 11 New Google-Powered Jobs Bank Aims to Lower Veteran Unemployment Rate A homeless U.S. military veteran stands in line for free winter clothing at a 'Stand Down' event hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Organizers say the homeless veteran population has surged in recent years along with the high… Continue reading
Nov 10 Why Are Medical Costs So High? By Paul Solman Photo by Lilli Day / Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Thursday's query: Name: Curt Carpenter Question: I would really like… Continue reading
Nov 10 Why Are Medical Costs So High? Photo by Lilli Day / Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Thursday's query: Name: Curt Carpenter Question: I… Continue reading
Nov 09 For the Love of Chinese Bread By Paul Solman // Economic analysis of a local, family-run bread bakery is the topic of the latest dispatch from Yoram Bauman, our temporary economist-in-residence in China. Using his improving (but still a bit limited) language skills and a visit to the… Continue reading
Nov 09 For the Love of Chinese Bread EmbedVideo(1942, 482, 304); An economic analysis of a local, family-run bread bakery is the topic of the latest dispatch from Yoram Bauman, our temporary economist-in-residence in China. Using his improving (but still a bit limited) language… Continue reading
Nov 08 Politics, Democracy, Anarchy – Does the World Owe Greece? A national flag of Greece flies outside the Greek stock exchange in Athens. Photo by Kostas Tsironis/Bloomberg via Getty Images. In Greece last summer for the NewsHour, we interviewed a plain-spoken, candid economist named Manos Matsaganis. As… Continue reading