Aug 28 Latest Case-Shiller Numbers Suggest “Firming” Housing Market The Case-Shiller housing index came out this morning (August 28), and as expected, the numbers for June are reassuring. For the last few months, prices have been rising in the 20 metropolitan areas covered by the index and with June's… Continue reading
Aug 28 Case-Shiller Numbers Suggest “Firming” Housing Market The Case-Shiller housing index came out this morning (August 28), and as expected, the numbers for June are reassuring. For the last few months, prices have been rising in the 20 metropolitan areas covered by the index and with June's… Continue reading
Aug 28 Economists Debate: Keynes v. Say Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page.Here is Tuesday's query: Name: Peter Eggenberger Question: Most of the disagreements between Keynesians and anti-Keynesians about current economic… Continue reading
Aug 28 Economists Debate: Keynes v. Say Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Tuesday's query: Name: Peter Eggenberger Question: Most of the disagreements between Keynesians and anti-Keynesians about current economic… Continue reading
Aug 27 Watch Shields and Brooks on Mitt Romney’s Faith, Ann Romney’s Speech Shields and Brooks on Mitt Romney's Faith, Ann Romney's Speech… Continue watching
Aug 27 Ask Larry: How Do I Estimate Social Security Benefits If I Don’t Know My Ex’s Earnings? Retirement plan image by Kick Images via Getty Images. Retirement expert Laurence Kotlikoff advises Making Sen$e readers on various Social Security subjects, including how to determine what benefits one might receive even if they don't know their ex's entire… Continue reading
Aug 27 Ask Larry: How Do I Estimate Social Security Benefits If I Don’t Know My Ex’s Earnings? Retirement plan image by Kick Images via Getty Images. Retirement expert Laurence Kotlikoff advises Making Sen$e readers on various Social Security subjects, including how to determine what benefits one might receive even if they don't know their ex's entire… Continue reading
Aug 24 Apple Wins $1 Billion Patent Infringement Suit Against Samsung For the past year, Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics have been locked in a showdown over dominance of a $200 billion-plus smartphone and tablet market. In April 2011, Apple filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung, making accusations that… Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch Tax Cuts, Deregulation Among Republican Economic Priorities for 2012 Election Tax Cuts, Deregulation Among Republican Economic Priorities for 2012 Election… Continue watching
Aug 24 Days Before the Republican National Convention, ‘Hurricane’ Isaac Marks Tampa’s Excitement Paul Solman interviews Douglas Holtz-Eakin, left, former chief economic policy advisor to John McCain in 2008 in Tampa, Fla. before the Republican National Convention gets underway. Just leaving Tampa today as the bulk of the Republican Party arrives. The… Continue reading