Dec 28 Mistakes: Paul Krugman’s, Greg Mankiw’s (And My Own) By Paul Solman Left, Paul Krugman (Photo by NewsHour). Right, Greg Mankiw (Photo by Bloomberg via Getty Images). Paul Solman: Both Paul Krugman, of MIT, and Greg Mankiw, of Harvard, were teaching economics locally during my formative years as an economics correspondent. I… Continue reading
Dec 28 Yes to Profit-Sharing and No Layoffs for 64 Years in a Row! Worker pushing a table laden with copper coils at the Lincoln Electric Company. Photo by Bob Leavitt/Pix Inc./Time Life Pictures/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on Making Sen$e… Continue reading
Dec 28 Yes to Profit-Sharing, No to Layoffs for 64 Years in a Row! By Paul Solman Worker pushing a table laden with copper coils at the Lincoln Electric Company. Photo by Bob Leavitt/Pix Inc./Time Life Pictures/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e… Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Economy Dodges Blow as Longshoremen Settle Union Dispute In other news Friday, U.S. dock workers avoided a major strike against shipping companies by extending their current contract, due to expire, for another month. Also, in Iraq, tens of thousands of Sunni demonstrators protested against the Shiite-led government and… Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch Under Austerity, Greeks Feel Unfolding Social and Humanitarian Crisis Under Austerity, Greeks Feel Unfolding Social and Humanitarian Crisis… Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch Congressional Leaders Talk More Politics Than Fiscal Deal as Deadline Nears Congressional Leaders Talk More Politics Than Fiscal Deal as Deadline Nears… Continue watching
Dec 27 Running Scared: Getting Out of ‘World’s Safest Investment’ By Paul Solman Photo by Dan Brownsword via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Thursday's query: Barbara Pendergrast -- Germantown, Tenn.: Mr. Solman, Do you think… Continue reading
Dec 27 Running Scared: Getting Out of ‘World’s Safest Investment’ Photo by Dan Brownsword via Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Thursday's query: Barbara Pendergrast -- Germantown, Tenn.: Mr. Solman, Do… Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch Risk of Sequestration, Economic Uncertainty Haunts Investors, Federal Employees Risk of Sequestration, Economic Uncertainty Haunts Investors, Federal Employees… Continue watching
Dec 26 Capital Wins, Labor Loses, But Andrew Smithers Says It Can’t Go On Warehouse manager at operations desk on computer. Photo courtesy of John McBride & Company Inc. Paul Solman: Jon Shayne is not just the world's No. 1 econo-crooner, belting out economics tunes of his own invention under the stage name… Continue reading