Jan 26 The 'Hits' Just Keep On Coming By Paul Solman By "hits," I mean Merle Hazard's Golden Newbie Euro-crisis Euro-tunes, as well as the Internet views that they've been garnering. Monday's post: The Pain in Spain Falls Plainly from Merle's Brain. Yesterday's: Erin Go Broke. And… Continue reading
Jan 26 The Hits Just Keep On Coming By Elizabeth Shell By "hits," I mean Merle Hazard's Golden Newbie Euro-crisis Euro-tunes, as well as the Internet views that they've been garnering. Monday's post: The Pain in Spain Falls Plainly from Merle's Brain. Yesterday's: Erin Go Broke. And today, the… Continue reading
Jan 25 Making Sen$e: Erin Go Broke By Paul Solman Today's post puts the economic woes of the Emerald Isle to music. The lyrics are Hazard's, though I confess to have taken crack at them myself and then, at some risk to my ego, sent both sets of lyrics… Continue reading
Jan 25 Erin Go Broke By Elizabeth Shell Today's post puts the economic woes of the Emerald Isle to music. The lyrics are Hazard's, though I confess to have taken crack at them myself and then, at some risk to my ego, sent both sets of lyrics --… Continue reading
Jan 25 President Obama to Offer 'Robust Agenda' in State of the Union President Obama is set to deliver his second State of the Union address Tuesday night. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett took to the morning shows Tuesday to preview President Obama's State of… Continue reading
Jan 24 The Pain in Spain Falls Plainly from Merle's Brain By Paul Solman The first of this week's series of posts from the ever-melodic, ever-economic Merle Hazard debuts today: a ditty on the plight of Spain. Continue reading
Jan 24 The Pain in Spain Falls Plainly from Merle's Brain By Elizabeth Shell The first of this week's series of posts from the ever-melodic, ever-economic Merle Hazard debuts today: a ditty on the plight of Spain. Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch How Severe Is Europe's Intertwined Debt Crisis? Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on the ongoing fallout from Europe's debt crisis, which has led to political woes and bank bailouts among other problems. His update is park of his ongoing series on Making Sen$e of financial news. Continue watching
Jan 21 Merle Hazard Makes Sen$e: The Country Crooner Goes Global By Paul Solman Friday's post consists of a Web chat with the Elvis of economics, the Ferlin Husky of finance, the Charlie McCoy of micro, the Jimmy Dean of the dismal science -- star of the country-and-western macrocosm, investment adviser Jon… Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch Obama Presses for an Economy in 'Overdrive': Will Jobs Soon Follow? President Obama on Friday named General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt to lead a panel on job creation and economic competitiveness. Jeffrey Brown discusses the White House's evolving relationship with big business with former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich and John… Continue watching