Jul 26 Will Technology Help or Hinder the Gap Between the Haves and Have-Nots? Potential customers try various models of smartphones at a mobile telecommunication fair in Bangkok. Photo by Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e… Continue reading
Jul 26 Grains of Hope Amid Pain in Spain: A Far-Flung Hotelier Reports Government employees demonstrate in the center of Madrid after conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced the latest measures to lower Spain's deficit: an $80 billion austerity package involving cuts in unemployment benefits. Photo by Dominique Faget/AFP/GettyImages. Earlier this week… Continue reading
Jul 25 Who Will Gain From Technology’s Advances? Who Will Be Left Behind? Creative Commons photo courtesy flickr user o5com. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query: Name: Manuel Avila Question: This is… Continue reading
Jul 24 Should We Worry About Mercenary Occupiers? A photo of the Occupy Wall Street protests in October, 2011 by Jackie Weir. See more. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here… Continue reading
Jul 24 You Tell Us: Do You Live in a Bubble? Creative Commons photo by Marceltheshell via Wikimedia Commons. The "Do You Live in a Bubble?" quiz, concocted by Charles Murray and first published here on Making Sen$e back in March, has generated more than 200,000 views thus… Continue reading
Jul 23 Do Other Countries Piggyback On U.S. Healthcare Spending? Photo by John Moore/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Monday's query: Name: Andrew Mungai Question: As a Kenyan (with a business… Continue reading
Jul 23 Spain’s Death Spiral The interior of the Madrid Stock Exchange, or Bolsa y Mercado, on Monday, July 23, 2012. Spanish bonds slumped, with 10-year yields climbing to a euro-era high, after the Spainish newspaper El Pais said six regions may ask the… Continue reading
Jul 20 Environmental Stand-up Economist: ‘We’re Going to Find Out How Bad Climate Change Really Is’ By Paul Solman EmbedVideo(3942, 620, 386); Stand-up economist Yoram Bauman spent five months in China recently, studying climate change at a university and sending occasional video dispatches to us at Making Sen$e. I myself spent some time in China in… Continue reading
Jul 20 The Biggest Mistake You Need to Stop Making About Retirement Photo by Kick Images via Getty Images. The NewsHour has partnered with Next Avenue, a new PBS website that offers information and resources for adults over 50. Friday's question is another from our baby boom finance friends at PBS's… Continue reading
Jul 19 Is Campaign Spending a Lousy Idea, or Does it Help the Economy? By Paul Solman President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney were both campaigning in the swing state of Ohio earlier this summer. Both sides are poised to spend $1 billion each in the race to the White House. Paul Solman answers… Continue reading