Oct 04 Does Oil Speculation Cause Price Spikes? Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Tuesday's query: Name: KR Question: Aren't the regulations removed by the Bush administration on oil… Continue reading
Oct 03 If Banks Don't Fail, How Will They Learn? Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Matyas Question: There was no real real estate crisis where I live:… Continue reading
Sep 30 Case on the Latest Case-Shiller Housing Numbers - In Verse! Karl 'Chip' Case of the Case-Shiller Housing Index has long been among our most treasured sources. Today, he graces us with more of his music -- the muse of poetry having inspired him to write on the… Continue reading
Sep 29 World Inequality: Trot the Globe Without Leaving Your Seat To accompany our ongoing NewsHour series on economic inequality, we present today an interactive world inequality map based on data from the World Bank. We confess; this isn't exactly "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" But this quiz… Continue reading
Sep 28 Can Social Security, Medicare Be Considered Wealth? Editor's note: In our recent program Do Social Safety Net Programs Shrink Gap in U.S. Economic Inequality? - above - Paul Solman interviewed economist Robert Lerman about his take on wealth inequality in the United States. Lerman… Continue reading
Sep 27 Housing Prices Are Moving On Up A home for sale in Tempe, Ariz. Flickr photo by 'Nick Bastian Tempe, AZ.' Moving on up. Or more like "creeping." That's one way of wording the latest Case-Shiller housing price numbers, up 3.6 percent since their 20-city… Continue reading
Sep 22 A Clarification of Medicare and Medicaid From Our Last Inequality Report Editor's Note: Many viewers took us to task for failing to acknowledge in our report on Wednesday's program that custodial nursing home care is usually paid for by Medicaid, rather than Medicare. They are correct: Medicare… Continue reading
Sep 22 A Broader View of America's Wealth Inequality EmbedVideo(1575, 514, 320); Editor's Note: Wednesday's story, featuring economist Robert Lerman's take on the distribution of wealth in the United States, has generated a flood of comments. Lerman has agreed to respond to many of the points… Continue reading
Sep 21 Easy As Pie: Inequality In Downloadable Charts EmbedVideo(1266, 482, 304); Editor's Note: We've been looking at inequality quite a bit lately. In the piece 'Land of the Free, Home of the Poor,' we used a trio of pie charts broken down into five quintiles… Continue reading
Sep 20 Newly Retired and Looking for Advice to Protect Investments Name: D.K. Mitchell: Question: HELP!!! My husband and I abruptly retired at 57 and 59 in the last six months. We had both planned on working another six years or so. My husband is convinced the economy is… Continue reading