Nov 10 Why Are Medical Costs So High? By Paul Solman Photo by Lilli Day / Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Thursday's query: Name: Curt Carpenter Question: I would really like… Continue reading
Nov 04 Unemployment Drops to 9 Percent, but Jobless Frustrations Continue Khalifah Varnado reads a help wanted post card during the Arizona Workforce Connection Career Expo at the Arizona State Fair Grounds in Phoenix, Ariz. Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images. As expected, unemployment in the U.S. was little changed in… Continue reading
Nov 01 A Recap of Paul Solman's Inequality Chat Each week, Paul Solman gets dozens of questions from the audience, ranging from whether one should refinance a mortgage, if Stephen Colbert is coming after his job to where he buys his signature hats. Generally, we post… Continue reading
Oct 31 The Inequality Dilemma Political cartoon satirizing U.S. economic equality and mobility by David Fitzsimmons. Reproduced with permission from Daryl Cagle's PoliticalCartoons.com. It's a welcome moment when we TV reporters get mail, since we usually talk to an invisible, mute audience. Continue reading
Oct 28 Ala.'s Sen. Beason on Aborigines, 'the Clip' EmbedVideo(1862, 514, 320); By Elizabeth Shell Scott Beason, one of Alabama's Republican state senators, is no newcomer to controversy. Earlier this year, he helped author what many consider to be the nation's strictest immigration law, which… Continue reading
Oct 27 Should We All Buy Savings Bonds? Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Thursday's query: Name: Sue Pruner Question: In this debt crisis, what would the effect be if many citizens… Continue reading
Oct 26 Join Paul Solman for a Chat about Economic Inequality in America Join Paul on Twitter using #inequalitychat. Editor's Note: Wednesday night on the NewsHour, libertarian law professor Richard Epstein sits down with Paul Solman for a frank discussion on a topic that's been front-and-center on many of our pages as… Continue reading
Oct 25 Dwelling on the Good and Bad: U.S. Housing Prices at the Moment A construction worker gestures on the roof of a home in Phoenix, Ariz. Home prices inched up in August from the previous month according to the Case-Shiller Index. Photo by Joshua Lott/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions… Continue reading
Oct 24 Will Alabama's Immigration Law Cause Short-term Hiccup or Long-term Heartache? By Diane Lincoln Estes Editor's note: We just got back from several days in Alabama to report on the impact of the state's new immigration law. Passed by the Republican-controlled state legislature in June, HB56 went into… Continue reading
Oct 21 The Role of Salesmen in the Subprime Mortage Mess A foreclosure sign stands outside a home in Winchester, Va. Photo by Jay Mallin/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e… Continue reading