Oct 18 Economics: The Study of Us A market trader in Kota Bharu, Malaysia. Flickr Creative Commons photo courtesy jamesmellor. Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Tuesday's query:… Continue reading
Oct 18 Economics: The Study of Us A market trader in Kota Bharu, Malaysia. Flickr Creative Commons photo courtesy jamesmellor. Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Tuesday's query: Name:… Continue reading
Oct 17 Protecting Lifetime Income Flickr Creative Commons photo courtesy Images_of_Money Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and readers on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Karen Lepere Question: OK, no millions in… Continue reading
Oct 17 Making Sen$e: Protecting Lifetime Income Flickr Creative Commons photo courtesy Images_of_Money Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and readers on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Karen Lepere Question: OK, no millions in $20s… Continue reading
Oct 14 Chinese Housing Bubble: A Troubling Update from Beijing By Paul Solman // In this latest dispatch from China, stand-up economist Yoram Bauman explores the possibility of a Beijing housing bubble. We first reported on this threat in our "China on the Rise" series back in 2005, when MIT economist and… Continue reading
Oct 14 Chinese Housing Bubble: A Troubling Update from Beijing EmbedVideo(1753, 482, 304); In this latest dispatch from China, stand-up economist Yoram Bauman explores the possibility of a Beijing housing bubble. We first reported on this threat in our "China on the Rise" series back in 2005,… Continue reading
Oct 13 How Happy Are Americans? Photo by flickr user CaptPiper. The 40-nation Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has just released the published version of its study of well-being, reported on Making Sen$e some months ago. We thought the OECD's summary of… Continue reading
Oct 13 How Happy Are Americans? Photo by flickr user CaptPiper. The 40-nation Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has just released the published version of its study of well-being, reported on Making Sen$e some months ago. We thought the OECD's summary of… Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch Georgia Works Jobs Training Program: a Peach or the Pits? One provision of President Obama's jobs bill that has some bipartisan support is modeled after a program in Georgia that allows employers to try out workers for eight weeks on a volunteer basis while the person receives unemployment benefits and… Continue watching
Oct 12 What is Georgia Works and Why Does the President Consider it a Model? Editor's Note: On Wednesday's program we examine Georgia Works, a state program that's been touted for helping unemployed residents get back to work by pairing job seekers with employers who are willing to promise on-the-job training. The trainees are not… Continue reading