Jan 27 Is All Government Spending ‘Stimulus’? Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Friday's query: William Carr: I discovered your page following a reference from… Continue reading
Jan 26 Could Greece Fire Off a Global Credit Freeze? Pedestrians pass an entrance to the Greek finance ministry in Athens. European stocks declined from a five-month high as the region's finance ministers failed to agree on a debt-swap deal for Greece and called for a greater contribution from… Continue reading
Jan 25 Is There a Big Relief Rally Under Way? The European Central Bank's new headquarters, still under construction, right, are seen alongside other buildings within the city, across from the River Main in Frankfurt, Germany. Photo by Hannelore Foerster/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Some might be expecting comment on… Continue reading
Jan 24 Is ‘Hot Money’ Responsible for the Financial Crises? Photo by flickr user Mike Poresky and used under a Creative Commons / Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here… Continue reading
Jan 23 Why Are Banks Ditching Foreclosed Homes, and What’s the Euro Worth? Renzo Salazar places a sign in front of a foreclosed home in Miami. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here… Continue reading
Jan 18 Richard Cordray: From ‘Jeopardy!’ to Controversial Presidential Appointment Paul Solman interviews Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head Richard Cordray Wednesday in Washington, D.C. In the spring of 1987, a law clerk from Ohio, having taken a friend's advice, made it onto the TV trivia show, "Jeopardy!" A quarter-century… Continue reading
Jan 16 Submit Your Personal Finance Questions, Get ‘Simple’ Answers By Elizabeth Shell Investments, trading, retirement planning, high-level finance and dealings: complicated, mathematically intense stuff best left to the pros, right? Not necessarily, according to financial planner-turned-New York Times blogger Carl Richards, who is taking personal finance… Continue reading
Jan 13 The Strange, Animal-Killing Side Effects of Tax Policy Changes "I don't want to jeopardize my family because I tried to make the country a better place." Arthur Laffer, economist to Ronald Reagan and famous for the Laffer Curve theory, which we explored on Wednesday's NewsHour in 'Taxes: How… Continue reading
Jan 11 How Are Tax-Rate Adjustments and Government Revenues Related? Image by Jon Boyes/Getty Images. *Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Wednesday's query:* Elke from Roswell, N.M. asks: If tax rate adjustments… Continue reading
Jan 10 Does the Desire to Make More Money Increase Economic Inequality? Photo of Steve Jobs in 2010 by Justin Sullivan/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 Tuesday's query: Name: John Livingston Question:… Continue reading