Feb 10 Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme? Social Security cards. Photo via Wikimedia Commons. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Friday's query: Gwynn Pealer: I thought I understood Social Security, but… Continue reading
Feb 10 Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme? Social Security cards. Photo via Wikimedia Commons. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Friday's query: Gwynn Pealer: I thought I understood Social Security, but… Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch Big Banks, 49 States Reach $25 Billion Deal Over Foreclosure Abuses Big Banks, 49 States Reach $25 Billion Deal Over Foreclosure Abuses… Continue watching
Feb 09 Does Greater Equality Make Societies Stronger? Graphic by the PBS NewsHour, based on the cover of "The Spirit Level." Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Thursday's query: John… Continue reading
Feb 09 Does Greater Equality Make Societies Stronger? Graphic by the PBS NewsHour, based on the cover of "The Spirit Level." Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Thursday's query: John… Continue reading
Feb 08 America's Agricultural Success: A Well-Kept Secret? Photo by David McNew/Getty Images. Amid all the worry about how long it will take the economic recovery to kick into high gear, there's a little-noticed sector that's doing very well, thank you: American agriculture. Overlooked by many of… Continue reading
Feb 08 Is Our Economy Basically Just a Game of Monopoly? Photo by foreverdigital via Flickr. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Wednesday's query: John Feuille: Most of us have played Monopoly. You set… Continue reading
Feb 08 Is Our Economy Basically Just a Game of Monopoly? Photo by foreverdigital via Flickr. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Wednesday's query: John Feuille: Most of us have played Monopoly. You set… Continue reading
Feb 07 Does the U.S. Tax Imports? The Arsos container ship is unloaded at the Port of Miami in Florida; Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Marc Whitehead sends the follow-up question below after reading Paul's thoughts on tariffs from early January: If we… Continue reading
Feb 06 Rate Raters, Casino Traders and the Greek Debt Problem Standard & Poor's Headquarters in Lower Manhattan. Photo by B64 via Wikimedia Commons. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here are a trio of queries… Continue reading