Jun 08 Column: How much do the poor actually pay in taxes? Probably more than you think. By Vanessa Williamson Those making less than $19,000 a year pay almost 11 percent of their income in state and local taxes. Here's why that matters. Continue reading
Jun 06 Column: The economics (and politics) of Trump’s Paris withdrawal By Robert Stavins The announcement by President Trump that he will withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement was based neither on real science nor sound economics. Continue reading
Jun 05 Column: Why macho culture is bad for business By Bert Spector A faulty corporate culture can encourage short-term advantage at the cost of looming catastrophes, stifle innovation, foster distrust or fuel excessive risk-taking. Continue reading
Jun 02 Analysis: Today’s unemployment number fools us and President Trump, but for different reasons By Paul Solman A quick look at today’s headline unemployment number, and you’d think the U.S. job market was killing it with the official unemployment rate down again to 4.3 percent from 4.4 percent last month. And yet, the economy only grew by… Continue reading
Jun 02 Column: ‘The New Urban Crisis’ is a crisis of capitalism, writ large By Richard Florida Are cities the great engines of innovation, the models of economic and social progress that the optimists celebrate, or are they the zones of gaping inequality and class division that the pessimists decry? The reality is that they are both. Continue reading
Jun 01 Is the ‘creative class’ saving our cities, or making them impossible to live in? By Paul Solman The clustering of the "creative class" -- professionals in the arts, in the media, in tech -- has brought growth and innovation to cities, but has also led to "the new urban crisis," author Richard Florida tells the NewsHour's Paul… Continue reading
May 30 The demand for nursing isn’t going away. Will more men join their ranks? By Kristen Doerer The problem is these health care jobs are associated with women’s work and with women’s pay. Continue reading
May 25 Watch 9:22 When risk means reward, angry CEOs dominate By PBS News Hour The testosterone-endowed are at an advantage when risk-taking brings success. According to current research in both psychology and economics, physical attributes that correlate to higher levels of the hormone may suggest how likely someone is to be powerful. Economics correspondent… Continue watching
May 24 Anger or fear: which is worse? By Paul Solman How does anger affect the way we think? And does it skew our judgment of risk?… Continue reading
May 24 The Supreme Court ruling on patents could help curb ‘patent trolls.’ Here’s how. By Sam Lane The Supreme Court ruling could deal a major blow to "patent trolls" and, in turn, help small businesses. Continue reading