Mar 12 Economist Andrew Lo on 'Existential Vertigo' By Business Desk Paul Solman: MIT economist Andrew Lo, who beyond guest-blogging his favorite recent economics book here on Making Sense this week, appears on Friday's NewsHour, discussing how human frailty and bad decision-making… Continue reading
Mar 12 Black: The Best Econ Books I've Read Recently Bill Black: I recommend looking at three books. Two of them focus on the interplay of economics and politics. James Galbraith is a professor of economics at the LBJ School of Public Affairs… Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch Evaluating and Preventing a Massive Financial Crisis As part of his continuing series of reports making sense of business and the economy, Paul Solman talks to MIT finance professor Andrew Lo about why he's asking Congress to keep investigating the financial crisis. Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch Boost in Retail Sales Hints at Economic Recovery Retail sales increased in February, despite major snowstorms in the eastern United States and consistently high unemployment. Judy Woodruff talks to an economist about whether recovery could soon follow. Continue watching
Mar 11 Lo: The Best Econ Book I've Read Recently Andrew Lo: The best economics book I’ve read recently is Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique by Michael Gazzaniga. Now it’s true that Gazzaniga is a cognitive neuroscientist, not an economist, but the insights in this book… Continue reading
Mar 11 Foreclosures Drop to Slowest Pace in Four Years By Jason Breslow Foreclosure data released Thursday offer a glimmer of hope for the U.S. housing market. But make that a qualified glimmer. Foreclosures slowed to their slowest pace in four years in February, but were still 6 percent higher than a year… Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Home Foreclosure Rate May Be Slowing In other news Thursday, home foreclosures rose by 6 percent in February, the smallest amount in four years. Also, partial election results show the Iraqi prime minister running neck-and-neck with a challenger. Continue watching
Mar 10 Stimulus Funds Cluster in Cities, Bypass Latino Communities By Hari Sreenivasan President Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus package a little more than a year ago to spur job creation during the economic downturn. Through the end of January, $283 billion had been allocated, according to a new analysis by… Continue reading
Mar 10 Baker: The Best Econ Books I've Read Recently This week, we are running guest posts from some of our favorite economists about the best economics book they’ve read in recent months. Dean Baker: Amidst all the tracts on health care written by policy wonks in the last couple… Continue reading