Jun 13 Jamie Dimon: ‘I Am Absolutely Responsible’ A New York City Police officer stands at the entrance to the JP Morgan Chase World Headquarters in New York. The U.S. Justice Department, FBI and others have opened an investigation into JPMorgan Chase's more than $2 billion trading… Continue reading
Jun 13 Share Your Insight: Do We Create Our Own Luck? Updated, 6:40 p.m. In author Michael Lewis' speech at a Princeton University Baccalaureate ceremony earlier this month, he said, "You owe a debt, not just to your Gods. You owe a debt to the unlucky." Lewis' writing career… Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch Families’ Plummeting Wealth Reflects ‘Deep Mess’ Americans Face Families' Plummeting Wealth Relects 'Deep Mess' Americans Face… Continue watching
Jun 12 Betting on Death: Creepy or Not? EmbedVideo(3617, 620, 386); Monday night the NewsHour featured my discussion with Harvard professor Michael Sandel about his new book, "What Money Can't Buy," born from his famed, regularly mobbed Harvard course, "Justice," most of which is… Continue reading
Jun 12 Betting on Death: Creepy or Not? EmbedVideo(3617, 482, 304); Monday night the NewsHour featured my discussion with Harvard professor Michael Sandel about his new book, "What Money Can't Buy," born from his famed, regularly mobbed Harvard course, "Justice," most of which is… Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch Betting on Death: Creepy or Not? Paul Solman talks to Michael Sandel about the morality of betting on when people will die. Continue watching
Jun 11 Watch ‘What Money Can’t Buy’ and What it Shouldn’t Buy While most of our everyday transactions are driven by the marketplace, are there some things money shouldn't be able to buy -- a spot in line, maybe a human life? As part of his Making Sen$e of financial news series,… Continue watching
Jun 11 Watch Is Spain ‘in Denial’ Over Growing Banking Crisis? As Spain secured up to $125 billion from the eurozone to bolster its ailing banks, early optimism was overshadowed by worries that the amount might not be enough. Judy Woodruff discusses the bailout with Douglas Rediker of the New America… Continue watching
Jun 11 Saddled with Student Debt? Where To Find Help By Elizabeth Shell Here's a running debt clock tracking total student loans in America (the mechanics of which are at finaid.org, one of the sites run by financial aid expert Mark Kantrowitz.). If you're like one of the… Continue reading
Jun 11 Saddled with Student Debt? Where To Find Help By Elizabeth Shell Here's a running debt clock tracking total student loans in America (the mechanics of which are at finaid.org, one of the sites run by financial aid expert Mark Kantrowitz.). If you're like one of the debt-saddled folks we've profiled,… Continue reading