Sep 22 A Broader View of America's Wealth Inequality EmbedVideo(1575, 482, 304); 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
Sep 21 Watch Do Social Safety Net Programs Shrink Gap in U.S. Economic Inequality? Is Economic Inequality Factoring in Social Security, Health Care?… Continue watching
Sep 21 Easy As Pie: Inequality In Downloadable Charts EmbedVideo(1266, 482, 304); Editor's Note: We've been looking at inequality quite a bit lately. In the piece 'Land of the Free, Home of the Poor,' we used a trio of pie charts broken down into five quintiles… Continue reading
Sep 21 Easy As Pie: Inequality In Downloadable Charts EmbedVideo(1266, 482, 304); Editor's Note: We've been looking at inequality quite a bit lately. In the piece 'Land of the Free, Home of the Poor,' we used a trio of pie charts broken down into five quintiles… Continue reading
Sep 21 Authors Explore How to 'Give Smart' to Charities When Every Dollar Counts Even in a sluggish economy, Americans still give away billions of dollars to charitable causes. With this in mind, Judy Woodruff spoke with the authors of a new book aimed at making charitable giving more effective. Titled "Give… Continue reading
Sep 20 Newly Retired and Looking for Advice to Protect Investments Name: D.K. Mitchell: Question: HELP!!! My husband and I abruptly retired at 57 and 59 in the last six months. We had both planned on working another six years or so. My husband is convinced the economy is… Continue reading
Sep 20 Newly Retired and Looking for Advice to Protect Investments Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web visitors on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Tuesday's query: D. K. Mitchell: HELP!!! My husband and I abruptly retired… Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch Zoellick: Eurozone's Fate Immediately at Stake; U.S. Needs to Address Spending Markets on Monday continued to show anxiety over the European debt crisis as Greece held an emergency conference with creditors, trying to calm fears of default. Speaking with Judy Woodruff, World Bank President Robert Zoellick urged eurozone nations to make… Continue watching
Sep 19 Gauging America's Economic Mood EmbedVideo(568, 514, 320); Watch 'Tracking Inflation: How Fast Are Prices Rising?' The email tale below refers to a story of ours on inflation from a while back in which MIT economics professor Roberto Rigobon explained that inflation was… Continue reading
Sep 19 Gauging America's Economic Mood EmbedVideo(568, 514, 320); Watch "Tracking Inflation: How Fast Are Prices Rising?" Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and Web visitors on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: The email… Continue reading