Sep 28 Can Social Security, Medicare Be Considered Wealth? Editor's note: In our recent program 'Do Social Safety Net Programs Shrink Gap in U.S. Economic Inequality?' - above - Paul Solman interviewed economist Robert Lerman about his take on wealth inequality in the United States. Lerman… Continue reading
Sep 27 Housing Prices Are Moving On Up A home for sale in Tempe, Ariz. Flickr photo by 'Nick Bastian Tempe, AZ.' Moving on up. Or more like "creeping." That's one way of wording the latest Case-Shiller housing price numbers, up 3.6 percent since their 20-city… Continue reading
Sep 27 Housing Prices Are Moving On Up A home for sale in Tempe, Ariz. Flickr photo by 'Nick Bastian Tempe, AZ.' Moving on up. Or more like "creeping." That's one way of wording the latest Case-Shiller housing price numbers, up 3.6 percent since their 20-city… Continue reading
Sep 26 Is the Conventional Wisdom on Social Security Correct? By Paul Solman From "Why Social Security?" (1937). Social Security Administration pamphlet explaining need for the new system in terms of the transition from rural to urban-industrial society. Illustration by Hendrik Willem Van Loon, photo via flickr user Tobias Higbie. Paul Solman answers… Continue reading
Sep 26 Is the Conventional Wisdom on Social Security Correct? From "Why Social Security?" (1937). Social Security Administration pamphlet explaining need for the new system in terms of the transition from rural to urban-industrial society. Illustration by Hendrik Willem Van Loon, photo via flickr user Tobias Higbie. Paul… Continue reading
Sep 23 Which Makes a Better Investment: Gold or Canned Soup? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Friday's query: Name: Charles Meyrick Question: What good is gold? In your article on John Williams,… Continue reading
Sep 23 Which Makes a Better Investment: Gold or Canned Soup? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Friday's query: Name: Charles Meyrick Question: What good is gold? In your article on… Continue reading
Sep 22 A Clarification on Medicare and Medicaid From Our Last Inequality Report By Lee Koromvokis Many viewers took us to task today for failing to acknowledge in our report on inequality Wednesday night that custodial nursing home care is usually paid for by Medicaid, rather than Medicare. // They are correct: Medicare generally does… Continue reading
Sep 22 A Clarification of Medicare and Medicaid From Our Last Inequality Report Editor's Note: Many viewers took us to task for failing to acknowledge in our report on Wednesday's program that custodial nursing home care is usually paid for by Medicaid, rather than Medicare. They are correct: Medicare… Continue reading
Sep 22 A Broader View of America’s Wealth Inequality EmbedVideo(1575, 514, 320); Editor's Note: Wednesday's story, featuring economist Robert Lerman's take on the distribution of wealth in the United States, has generated a flood of comments. Lerman has agreed to respond to many of the points… Continue reading