Aug 10 What’s the Best Way to Fund a College Fund? The 2012 Vassar College Commencement in Poughkeepsie, New York. Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Friday's query comes from… Continue reading
Aug 09 Neil Barofsky on ‘Foaming the Landing’ for Banks EmbedVideo(4107, 620, 384); On Making Sen$e this week we've been featuring outtakes from my interview with top TARP cop Neil Barofsky, appointed by President Bush and retained by President Obama to prevent fraud in the… Continue reading
Aug 09 When Will the Deficit Hit $10 Trillion? 2036? 2057? But So What? Digital composite by Travel Images/UIG via Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Thursday's query: Name: Jack Doyle Question: How long… Continue reading
Aug 08 Neil Barofsky on the Corrupting ‘Elixir of Power’ EmbedVideo(4091, 620, 386); Wednesday we present the second installment of outtakes from my encounters with Neil Barofsky, Special Inspector General for the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, known in Washington, D.C. as the SIGTARP. (I'm not making… Continue reading
Aug 08 When a Bank Loses Billions, Who Wins? President and CEO of JPMorgan Chase Co. Jamie Dimon testifies before a Senate Banking Committee hearing in June. The committee was hearing testimony from Dimon on how JPMorgan Chase lost billions in stock market trades. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty… Continue reading
Aug 07 TARP Top Cop Neil Barofsky on Drug Lords and Mortgage Fraud EmbedVideo(4082, 620, 386); On Making Sen$e lately we've been featuring outtakes from my encounters with especially intriguing interviewees. The most recent was Neil Barofsky, appointed by President Bush and retained by President Obama to prevent fraud in the… Continue reading
Aug 07 Is $850,000 Enough To Retire On? A pedestrian passes a Fidelity Investments branch in New York. Photo by Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Continue reading
Aug 06 Larry Kotlikoff on Social Security: ‘We’re Not in Kansas Anymore’ From left to right, Jack Haley as the Tin Man, Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Judy Garland as Dorothy and Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion in the MGM film "The Wizard of Oz," 1939. MGM Studios/Archive Photos/Getty Images. Continue reading
Aug 06 Should You Own the Banks? Should the Public Own Everything? Branch office of BB&T bank in Lexington, N.C. Creative Commons photo by Dennis Brown via Wikimedia Commons. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here… Continue reading
Aug 03 11 Social Security Mistakes People Make Photo by Jim McGuire via Getty Images. The hits just keep on coming. The Internet hits for Larry Kotlikoff and his Social Security Secrets, that is. We're still getting tens of thousands a day and wave after wave… Continue reading