Jul 18 Were We Too Easy on Lincoln Electric? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here are a few queries: // We received a flurry of worried responses to our… Continue reading
Jul 18 Were We Too Easy on Lincoln Electric? EmbedVideo(1006, 514, 320); Watch 'Cleveland Manufacturer Welds Together Job Security, Profits.' We received a flurry of worried responses to our Lincoln Electric story from Wednesday night. They deserve an airing and a reply. First, from Dean Brown… Continue reading
Jul 18 Congress Set for Show Votes on Debt House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, listens to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., during a news conference at the Capitol last week. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. The United States Congress will once again become a Kabuki theater… Continue reading
Jul 15 Is the 'Pain At the Pump' Fair? Larry Bessler purchases gasoline at a Shell station in Chicago, Illinois. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. Name: Stephen Sohasky Jr. Question: Adjusted for inflation, I believe gasoline should be about $4.53 per gallon. The local news stations are making… Continue reading
Jul 15 The People's Choice: Australia Once again, the Making Sen$e audience has spoken. Once again, the results are lopsided. Recently, we polled you on my hat(s): "great" or "goofy"? You accentuated the positive, latched onto the affirmative, and chose "great" over… Continue reading
Jul 15 Stand-up Economist: Is China Asia's Ecuador? By Paul Solman EmbedVideo(1024, 514, 320); Standup economist Yoram Bauman has now made it to China and filed the second of his vlogs for us from Beijing. We found his comparison of China to Ecuador fascinating. For those… Continue reading
Jul 15 Stand-up Economist: Is China Asia's Ecuador? By Paul Solman // Stand-up economist Yoram Bauman has now made it to China and filed the second of his vlogs for us from Beijing. We found his comparison of China to Ecuador fascinating. For those who crave a… Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch Stand-up Economist: Is China Asia's Ecuador? Standup economist Yoram Bauman has made it to China and filed the second of his vlogs. Continue watching
Jul 15 Obama: It's 'Decision Time' on Debt President Obama wants Congress to decide on plan to raise the debt ceiling. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. The weeklong series of White House meetings with President Obama and bipartisan congressional leaders has apparently produced one concrete result:… Continue reading
Jul 14 The Not-So-Golden Years: Are You Better Prepared Than Other Americans? By Paul Solman Explore a compendium of facts on Americans' shortfalls in retirement savings, presented in graphic form. As should always be your habit with poll data, don't try to take the actual numbers to the bank. But as rough approximations,… Continue reading