Oct 03 If Banks Don't Fail, How Will They Learn? Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Matyas Question: There was no real real estate crisis where I live:… Continue reading
Oct 03 If Banks Don't Fail, How Will They Learn? Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Matyas Question: There was no real real estate crisis where I live:… Continue reading
Oct 03 Stocks Fall Over Fear of Greek Default, 3 Awarded Nobel Prize for Study of Immune System By News Desk Fears over Greece's debt crises drove stocks in Europe and Asia down Monday after Greece acknowledged over the weekend that it would not be able to meet its goals for deficit reduction, cuts which are part of the bailout… Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch Bank of America Adds Monthly Debit Card Fee, Risking Public Ire Bank of America announced Thursday it will tack on a new $5 monthly fee for customers who use a debit card to make purchases. Jeffrey Brown leads a debate about the new fees and what they mean for banks and… Continue watching
Sep 30 Case on the Latest Case-Shiller Housing Numbers - In Verse! Karl 'Chip' Case of the Case-Shiller Housing Index has long been among our most treasured sources. Today, he graces us with more of his music -- the muse of poetry having inspired him to write on the… Continue reading
Sep 30 Case on the Latest Case-Shiller Housing Numbers - In Verse! Karl 'Chip' Case of the Case-Shiller Housing Index has long been among our most treasured sources. Today, he graces us with more of his music -- the muse of poetry having inspired him to write on the… Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch Europe Faces 'Terra Nova' in Efforts to Avoid Financial Crisis The German government won a critical vote to greatly increase financial support for a European bailout fund, which could ease the way to a partial default in Greece. Jeffrey Brown discusses the German vote and the worldwide worries over European… Continue watching
Sep 29 World Inequality: Trot the Globe Without Leaving Your Seat To accompany our ongoing NewsHour series on economic inequality, we present today an interactive world inequality map based on data from the World Bank. We confess; this isn't exactly "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" But this quiz… Continue reading
Sep 29 World Inequality: Trot the Globe Without Leaving Your Seat To accompany our ongoing NewsHour series on economic inequality, we present here an interactive world inequality map based on data from the World Bank. We confess; this isn't exactly "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" But… Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch Inequality Hurts: The Unhealthy Side Effects of Economic Disparity As part of our series on economic inequality, Paul Solman investigates the health effects that inequality can have on individuals and society. To determine the hidden costs, he speaks with epidemiologists, former six-figure income earners who are chronically unemployed and… Continue watching