May 29 Kotlikoff on ‘The Real Problem with Reinhart/Rogoff’ By Laurence Kotlikoff Harvard economists Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart. Still from PBS NewsHour footage. Paul Solman: The post before this one featured some discussion of the big flap in the econosphere over the work of Harvard professors Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen… Continue reading
May 29 Kotlikoff on ‘The Real Problem with Reinhart/Rogoff’ By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff Harvard economists Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart. Still from PBS NewsHour footage. Paul Solman: The post before this one featured some discussion of the big flap in the econosphere over the work of Harvard professors Kenneth… Continue reading
May 29 Paul Krugman on Debt, but Are Soaring Interest Rates Running Against Him? By Paul Solman Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. Still from NewsHour video. Paul Solman: The big brouhaha in economics recently, about which I posted some weeks ago, has pitted Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist… Continue reading
May 29 Paul Krugman on Debt, but Are Soaring Interest Rates Running Against Him? By Paul Solman By Paul Solman Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. Still from NewsHour video. Paul Solman: The big brouhaha in economics recently, about which I posted some weeks ago, has pitted Nobel Prize-winning economist and New… Continue reading
May 27 The Perils of Taking Your Social Security Benefits Too Early By Laurence Kotlikoff Photo of the Social Security Administration in Oakland, Calif., by flickr user dumbeast *Larry Kotlikoff's [Social Security original 34 "secrets"](http://www.pbs.org/ newshour/businessdesk/2012/07/social-security-secrets-you-ne.html), his [**additional secrets**](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2012/08/on-the-qt-a-few-more- social-se.html), his Social Security ["mistakes"](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2012/08/11-social-security-mistakes-pe.html) and his [**Social Security gotchas**](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2012/09/ten-of-the-worst-social- security-gotchas.html) have prompted so many of… Continue reading
May 27 The Perils of Taking Your Social Security Benefits Too Early By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff Photo of the Social Security Administration in Oakland, Calif., by flickr user dumbeast *Larry Kotlikoff's [Social Security original 34 "secrets"](http://www.pbs.org/ newshour/businessdesk/2012/07/social-security-secrets-you-ne.html), his [**additional secrets**](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2012/08/on-the-qt-a-few-more- social-se.html), his Social Security ["mistakes"](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2012/08/11-social-security-mistakes-pe.html) and his [**Social Security gotchas**](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2012/09/ten-of-the-worst-social- security-gotchas.html) have prompted… Continue reading
May 24 How High Is African-American Unemployment and Is It Going Down? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from the PBS NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sense Business Desk page. Paul Solman: Last hired, first fired. It's a cliché of the labor market that becomes an especially… Continue reading
May 24 How High Is African-American Unemployment and Is It Going Down? By Diane Lincoln Estes By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from the PBS NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sense Business Desk page. Paul Solman: Last hired, first fired. It's a cliché of the labor market that… Continue reading
May 23 The Odds of Disaster: An Economist’s Warning on Global Warming By Martin Weitzman No one can say with any assurance what the dollar value of damages would be from the highly uncertain climate changes that might accompany a planet earth that is steadily warming. Paul Solman: Are headlines trumpeting the fact that… Continue reading
May 23 The Odds of Disaster: An Economist’s Warning on Global Warming By Martin Weitzman By Martin Weitzman No one can say with any assurance what the dollar value of damages would be from the highly uncertain climate changes that might accompany a planet earth that is steadily warming. Paul Solman: Are headlines trumpeting… Continue reading