Dec 21 Will America Go Broke, Yes or No? Photo by Marc Grimberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Friday's query: Ashok Rao -- Chennai, India: I recently came… Continue reading
Dec 21 James Livingston: Corporations Don't Need Our Savings By Paul Solman James Livingston loves consumption, is skeptical of private investment. Paul Solman pushes him further on positions Livingston raised in a story on the NewsHour Thursday. James Livingston makes three economic arguments in favor of consumption over private investment/greater production. Continue reading
Dec 21 Will America Go Broke, Yes or No? By Paul Solman Photo by Marc Grimberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query: Ashok Rao -- Chennai, India: I recently came across… Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch 'Tis the Season, But Should We Save or Spend? A Holiday Money Conundrum 'Tis the Season, But Should We Save or Spend? A Holiday Money Conundrum… Continue watching
Dec 20 Communism: Plato's "Cure for Extreme Political Ambition" Photo by Science Source via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Thursday's query: Eric Forbis: In "Communism, Capitalism and the Third… Continue reading
Dec 20 Holiday Shopping: Keynesian and Self-Actualizing Both? By Paul Solman Paul Solman: On Thursday's NewsHour, a cerebral celebration of holiday shopping, courtesy of Rutgers University economic and intellectual historian James Livingston, author of the fascinating pro-consumption book "Against Thrift." Pitted against Livingston as counter-point is an anti-spending video from old… Continue reading
Dec 19 Federal 'Tax Breaks' or 'It's My Money'? Image by Robin Jareaux/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query, a comment sent by a viewer from Kansas: Barbara… Continue reading
Dec 19 Communism: Plato's 'Cure for Extreme Political Ambition' By Paul Solman Photo by Science Source via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Thursday's query: Eric Forbis: In "Communism, Capitalism and the Third… Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch Budget Plan Offers Laid Out in Negotiations, But Deal Remains Elusive Budget Plan Offers Laid Out in Negotiations, But Deal Remains Elusive… Continue watching
Dec 18 Federal 'Tax Breaks' or 'It's My Money'? By Paul Solman Image by Robin Jareaux/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query, a comment sent by a viewer from Kansas: Barbara Penn: Hello… Continue reading