Oct 27 Making Sense: Should We All Buy Savings Bonds? Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Thursday's query: Name: Sue Pruner Question: In this debt crisis, what would the effect be if many citizens bought… Continue reading
Oct 27 European Leaders Reach Debt Deal, Greek Debtholders Take 50% Loss By News Desk Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks Thursday at a press conference after a eurozone summit at EU headquarters in Brussels. Photo by Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images. At an emergency summit in Brussels, European leaders reached a debt crisis deal in which… Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch Does U.S. Economic Inequality Have a Good Side? A new Congressional Budget Office analysis supports the idea that income inequality has grown considerably over the past few decades. As part of his Making Sen$e series on economic inequality, Paul Solman talks to libertarian law professor Richard Epstein, who… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch After Arrests, Occupy Oakland Protesters Vow to Return Chaos erupted Tuesday night in downtown Oakland, Calif., as police dispersed crowds from the Occupy Oakland movement in the plaza in front of City Hall. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports from the center of the confrontation. Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch UAW President Bob King on New Contracts: Top Priority Was Creating Jobs Chrysler's workers on Wednesday became the last of the Big Three to ratify a new four-year labor contract. United Auto Workers officials fought hard to get members to OK the contracts after several major plants voted against the deals. UAW… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch In EU Efforts to Fix Debt Crisis, Divisions Remain and Questions Unanswered The German Parliament passed a measure to boost a bailout fund for the eurozone as leaders arrived in Brussels for an emergency European Union summit. Margret Warner discusses what EU leaders hope to accomplish at the summit with Zanny Minton… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch European Leaders Seek Solutions to Debt Crisis at EU Summit European Union leaders gathered Wednesday in Brussels in hopes of reaching a deal to bolster Eurozone relief funds and contain Greece's debt crisis. Laura Kuenssberg of Independent Television News reports from Brussels. Continue watching
Oct 26 Join Paul Solman for a Chat about Economic Inequality in America Join Paul on Twitter using #inequalitychat. Editor's Note: Wednesday night on the NewsHour, libertarian law professor Richard Epstein sits down with Paul Solman for a frank discussion on a topic that's been front-and-center on many of our pages as… Continue reading
Oct 26 Join Paul Solman for a Chat about Economic Inequality in America Join Paul on Twitter using #inequalitychat. Editor's Note: Wednesday night on the NewsHour, libertarian law professor Richard Epstein sits down with Paul Solman for a frank discussion on a topic that's been front-and-center on many of our pages as… Continue reading
Oct 26 Flat Taxes: How Would GOP Plans Affect Different Community Types? By Dante Chinni Texas Gov. Rick Perry; Justin Sullivan/Getty Images As the early stages of the 2012 campaign progress, a new question has come into play: Are the rich really different? Or, more specifically, should they be treated differently in the U.S. tax… Continue reading