Jun 06 Watch 'Economics Is Not a Morality Play': Paul Krugman on Managing Financial Crisis Should we have let foundering financial firms fail in 2008? Economics correspondent Paul Solman sits down with economist Paul Krugman to discuss the provocative bestseller "The Great Deformation" by David Stockman and the government's role in mediating economic meltdowns. Continue watching
Jun 05 Why David Stockman Yearns for 19th Century America By Diane Lincoln Estes By Diane Lincoln Estes // David Stockman, budget director under President Reagan, spoke to Paul Solman on The PBS NewsHour Tuesday. As regular readers already know, we recently aired an interview with David Stockman, the former budget director under President… Continue reading
Jun 05 Krugman Says Forget Debt, Help the Unemployed By Diane Lincoln Estes // Paul Solman's interview with Paul Krugman on "The Great Deformation" will air on the PBS NewsHour soon. We recently sat down with former politician and businessman David Stockman to discuss his controversial book, "The Great Deformation," in which… Continue reading
Jun 05 Krugman Says Forget Debt, Help the Unemployed By Diane Lincoln Estes By Diane Lincoln Estes // Paul Solman's interview with Paul Krugman on "The Great Deformation" will air on the PBS NewsHour soon. We recently sat down with former politician and businessman David Stockman to discuss his controversial book, "The… Continue reading
Jun 05 Fed, Big Banks, Social Security Beware: You're on David Stockman's Hit List By Paul Solman // Paul Solman interviewed David Stockman on the PBS NewsHour broadcast. We recently interviewed former President Reagan budget director and private equity executive David Stockman about his recent tome, "The Great Deformation." In it, Stockman argues that the American… Continue reading
Jun 05 Fed, Big Banks, Social Security Beware: You're on David Stockman's Hit List By Paul Solman // Paul Solman interviewed David Stockman on the PBS NewsHour broadcast. We recently interviewed former President Reagan budget director and private equity executive David Stockman about his recent tome, "The Great Deformation." In it, Stockman argues that the American… Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch Former Reagan Budget Director Argues Against Bailouts, for Financial Discipline Former Reagan Budget Director Argues Against Bailouts, for Financial Discipline… Continue watching
Jun 03 Can You Take More Than One Social Security Benefit at a Time? By Laurence Kotlikoff Photo courtesy of Jim McGuire via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security "mistakes" and his Social Security gotchas have prompted so many of you to write in… Continue reading
Jun 03 Can You Take More Than One Social Security Benefit at a Time? By Laurence Kotlikoff Photo courtesy of Jim McGuire via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security "mistakes" and his Social Security gotchas have prompted so many of you to write in… Continue reading
May 31 Watch Americans Still Struggling to Recover from the Recession The Obama administration announced the U.S. Medicare program is projected to remain solvent until 2026. Despite the positive sign, a Federal Reserve Study found Americans are still struggling to recover from the recession. Judy Woodruff talks with William Emmons, chief… Continue watching