Oct 14 AP: Tiny Social Security hike squeezes seniors, vets Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images AP -- Another year, another small raise for millions of people who rely on Social Security, veterans' benefits and federal pensions. Preliminary figures suggest next year's benefit increase will be roughly 1.5… Continue reading
Oct 11 'Inequality is bad for everyone': Robert Reich fights against economic imbalance EmbedVideo(7713); Economics correspondent Paul Solman talks to Robert Reich about "Inequality for All," a documentary about the former labor secretary's personal crusade to explain to Americans why everyone should care about the nation's growing economic disparity and divisiveness. Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 'Inequality is bad for everyone': Robert Reich fights economic imbalance 'Inequality is bad for everyone': Robert Reich fights against economic imbalance… Continue watching
Oct 11 How Singapore uses incentives: Leaders paid $1.3M Singapore is such a wealthy, clean and peaceful city-state, in part, because of government incentives and disincentives to encourage and discourage certain behaviors. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Peter Garnhum via Creative Commons. Continue reading
Oct 11 How Singapore Uses Incentives: Leaders Get $1.3M, Cars Go for $100K By Lew Mandell Singapore is such a wealthy, clean and peaceful city-state, in part, because of government incentives and disincentives to encourage and discourage certain behaviors. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Peter Garnhum via Creative Commons. Paul Solman: Financial education… Continue reading
Oct 10 What can Bitcoin buy? No more heroin, but baklava and a dinner date What can bitcoins get you and how do you make purchases with them? They may be a safer payment option than credit cards, suggests Marc Hochstein, and you don't even need to own them to transact with them, explains Stephen… Continue reading
Oct 10 What Can Bitcoin Buy? No More Heroin, but Baklava and a Dinner Date By Marc Hochstein and Stephen Pair What can Bitcoins get you and how do you make purchases with them? Photo courtesy of Flickr user Rene Walter. Continuing our series of interviews about Bitcoin, which we explored in last week's… Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch Janet Yellen nominated to succeed Bernanke as Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen nominated to succeed Bernanke as Federal Reserve chair… Continue watching
Oct 09 A Bitcoin evangelist on the virtues of cryptocurrency As part of our series of conversations on Bitcoin, Jonathan Mohan explains that even if Bitcoin fails, cryptocurrencies are here to stay. Photo courtesy of Flickr user BTC Keychain. Continue reading
Oct 09 A Bitcoin Evangelist on the Virtues of Cryptocurrency By Jonathan Mohan Making Sen$e recently examined Bitcoin and the rise of its mainstream appeal. Paul Solman: Our Bitcoin story on the NewsHour is proving so popular that we've decided to post longer excerpts of our main interviews. Earlier… Continue reading