Dec 13 Watch Corzine Testifies Before Former Senate Colleagues on Missing MF Global Funds Former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine was back at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, for the second time in two weeks, facing a committee of former Senate colleagues. Judy Woodruff discusses the congressional investigation into the collapsed firm with The New… Continue watching
Dec 13 Secretary Clinton Discusses Job Creation, International Policy *Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Myanmar on Nov. 30; SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images* Updated Dec. 14 | With the U.S. presidential contest kicking into high gear and job creation on the minds of many voters, Jim Lehrer… Continue reading
Dec 13 ‘Record Inequality Between Rich and Poor,’ According to OECD By Paul Solman Today we feature a short, simple, surprising inequality video that sums up a lot of recent research from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the 34-member OECD. Take a look. Here's a sampling of our own reporting on inequality… Continue reading
Dec 12 What Would Impact of a Payroll Tax Increase Be in Your County? Like a very, very long episode of the TV series 24, the White House website's We Can't Wait clock ticks down. The clock, which displays the amount of time left before the current payroll tax cut expires, is… Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch What Do Tax Rates’ Ups and Downs Mean for Economic Growth? Do higher tax rates slow economic growth? As part of his reporting on Making Sen$e of financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman takes a look at the history of taxes. Continue watching
Dec 12 What’s a ‘Top Marginal Tax Rate’? This blog has been updated to clarify that the top table refers to single household incomes in 2012, and the interactive tax calculator below reflects 2010 data for most countries. The amount taxpayers owe Uncle Sam every year depends on… Continue reading
Dec 12 What’s a ‘Top Marginal Tax Rate’? By Elizabeth Shell This blog has been updated to clarify that the top table refers to single household incomes in 2012, and the interactive tax calculator below reflects 2010 data for most countries. The amount taxpayers owe Uncle Sam every… Continue reading
Dec 12 ‘Record Inequality Between Rich and Poor,’ According to OECD Today we feature a short, simple, surprising inequality video that sums up a lot of recent research from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the 34-member OECD. Take a look. Here's a sampling of our own reporting… Continue reading
Dec 12 Do Policies that Slash Spending Drag the Economy Down? Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Roy Pettis Question: Aren't these steps of cutting… Continue reading
Dec 12 Do Policies that Slash Spending Drag the Economy Down? Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Roy Pettis Question: Aren't these steps of cutting… Continue reading