The Business Desk

Does It Make Sense To Get a 30-Year Mortgage at Age 66?

A view of the Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in New York. Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page.

Money and Ethics

EmbedVideo(4167, 620, 386); Name: Michelle Westermann-Behaylo, J.D. Ph.D. Question: Each semester for the past few years, I have showed my students a clip from Paul Solman on ethics in business education, and the oath that many MBA…

Has Goldman Sachs Bought Off Making Sen$e?

People are reflected in glass as they walk past Goldman Sachs headquarters. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here…

Purple Squirrels and the Reserve Army of the Unemployed

Creative Commons photo courtesy flickr user Todd Mecklem. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query: Name: Frances Barbuto Question:…

Social Security: Absurdly Complex? Not that Hard to Fix?

Members of the 'supercommittee' participate in a Joint Deficit Reduction Committee hearing October 26, 2011 in Washington, D.C. Although a resolution was never reached, Social Security was on the table. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's…

Economic Inequality and Fakery in Art

This statue of an Etruscan warrior in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection was proven to be…

Does the Fed Feed the Treasury? What’s their Relationship Really Like?

A pressman inspects the roll out of $20 bills at the U.S. Bureau of Engraving in Washington, D.C. The BEP is a government agency within the Department of the Treasury that designs and produces a variety of security products,…

Readers Weigh In: Stash the ‘Stache?

Editor's Note | Now for something up close and personal. After an intimate relationship that began during the first Nixon Administration, Paul Solman is considering calling it quits. With his mustache, that is. During a Midwest vacation, he…

Social Security Questions? Just Ask Larry

Herm and Flo Dorion celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on July 11. Social Security expert Larry Kotlikoff answers readers' questions on retirement, including when to take spousal benefits. Photo by Autumn Cruz/Sacramento Bee/MCT via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's…

Neil Barofsky Lauds Barney, Blasts Dodd-Frank

EmbedVideo(4119, 620, 386); Our final outtake from our Aug. 2 interview with SIGTARP Neil Barofsky: Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program. (Note that the full title runs 59 letters, which the acronym pares down…