Dec 15 Making Sen$e of 2010: Economic Surprises in Store By Carolyn O'Hara As the end of a tumultuous economic year approaches, the PBS NewsHour asked several economists and financial experts to look ahead to 2010 and answer one question: What economic development would surprise you most?… Continue reading
Dec 15 The Basics of Economics with Paul Samuelson Paul Solman: I’ve done numerous interviews with Paul Samuelson over the years. Invariably, he was funny, imaginative and deep. Particularly memorable was a long session on the basics of economics about 10 years ago, in his office at… Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch How Big is Too Big to Fail? Paul Solman talks to economist George Schultz about the merging of large, national banks and how that could impact the idea that some companies are too big to fail. Continue watching
Dec 14 Making Sen$e of 2010: The Next Crisis By Carolyn O'Hara With the end of a tumultuous economic year approaching, the PBS NewsHour asked several economists to look ahead to 2010 and answer one question: What other crises may be looming?… Continue reading
Dec 14 Credit Crunch Hits Small Businesses in Colorado The credit crunch has reached crisis proportions for small businesses in Colorado. A longtime business consultant told NewsHour producer Terry Rubin and me that this is the worst business climate he's seen in more than thirty years. Take Barbara… Continue reading
Dec 14 Obama Prods Bankers to Do More to Revive U.S. Economy By Dave Gustafson In a White House meeting with the executives of the nation's largest banks, President Obama called on financial institutions to step up efforts to revive the U.S. economy after they received "extraordinary" financial assistance. Continue reading
Dec 14 The Year Ahead: The Next Crisis Paul Solman: As the end of a tumultuous economic year approaches, we’ve asked a number of economists to weigh in on the year ahead. We’ll be featuring their responses here all week. The responses to today’s question –… Continue reading
Dec 14 Remembering Economist Paul Samuelson Paul Solman: A few years ago, my father, the artist Joseph Solman, and I had a meal with Paul and Risha Samuelson at the house of mutual friends. My dad was in his ridiculously hardy ’90s at the time; Paul,… Continue reading
Dec 14 Citigroup to Repay $20B in TARP Funds By Maureen Hoch Citigroup announced Monday that it will repay $20 billion in taxpayer money, becoming the last of the major Wall Street banks to exit the government-funded bailout program. Continue reading
Dec 14 Monday’s Headlines: Citi to Repay TARP; Obama Meets With Bankers --Citigroup announced Monday morning it struck a deal with the Treasury Department to repay $20 billion of bailout money. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.) After weeks of trying to persuade regulators that it was sound enough to stand… Continue reading