Oct 25 David Wessel on Virginia, Germany and Interest on the U.S. Debt Photo of David Wessel and Paul Solman by Diane Lincoln Estes. The Wall Street Journal's David Wessel recently took us on a D.C. "budget tour" for a NewsHour story on his new book "Red Ink." One stop on… Continue reading
Oct 25 Student Loan Debt: Everything You Need to Know Photo by Flikr user jeco. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Tursday's query: Susan Schrank: Judy Woodruff mentioned a new student loan… Continue reading
Oct 24 Deleveraging, Like Breaking Up, Is Hard to Do A pressman inspects the roll out of $20 bills at the U.S. Bureau of Engraving. Photo by PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/GettyImages. By Merle Hazard It's time to announce the winner of our song contest. This past summer, with… Continue reading
Oct 24 Can You Compete with Baxter? Yes, Says Vivek Wadhwa By Paul Solman Throughout history, technology has caused change and disruption in the workplace, as when auto workers were replaced by creatures like these. But new higher quality jobs will emerge, argues Vivek Wadhwa. Photo by Stockbyte via Getty Images. I've reported… Continue reading
Oct 23 A Few Books That Influenced Paul Solman Economics correspondent Paul Solman. Photo by Elizabeth Shell. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Tuesday's query: Brian Mecca: Can you cite two… Continue reading
Oct 22 ‘If I Marry My Girlfriend in Let’s Say Thailand, Can She Collect Survivor Benefits After I Kick?’ Photo by Irina Sidorenko via Getty Images Today, Social Security expert Larry Kotlikoff answers reader's questions covering issues from retirement, medicare and more Anne:I am 65 and will turn 66 in December. I retired at 63 after being laid… Continue reading
Oct 19 Obama or Romney? How Accurate Are Economic Models? Last week, Paul Solman examined how polls and election markets parse data to determine who will win an election, in this case, the 2012 presidential race between President Barack Obama and former Mass. governor Mitt Romney. One such pollster,… Continue reading
Oct 19 Could Legalizing and Taxing Drugs Lower the Deficit? Photo by PhotoAlto/Ale Ventura via Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Friday's query: Meg Ford: Could legalized and taxed drugs provide… Continue reading
Oct 18 Do You Trust Polls? Should You? Paul Solman interviews professor Doug Schwartz at Quinnipiac University's Polling Institute. Politics professor Doug Schwartz runs the well-respected CBS/New York Times poll at Quinnipiac University. We interviewed him at the university's Polling Institute for a story on… Continue reading
Oct 18 How to Follow the Prediction Markets in Real Time By Paul Solman Digital Vision via Getty Images We have four questions today, since they all concern our recent story on polls, professors and prediction markets and yesterday's afternoon Making Sen$e post on how to make money on presidential prediction… Continue reading