Oct 21 A Closer Look at Herbal Supplements UPDATE | Oct. 22, 2010 from Paul Solman: Apologies to all who know biology: this story identified A,C,G and T as AMINO acids. They’re… Continue reading
Oct 21 Why Not Use Financial Revenues to Pay Down the National Debt? Name: Missy Rodey Question: Paul – I understand that about 50 percent of U.S. revenues are generated through financial services. Can these revenues be used to pay down the national debt, or is such payment dependent upon industrial production? Paul… Continue reading
Oct 20 Nonprofit Bank Buys Foreclosed Homes, Then Sells Them Back to Former Owners ]> Editor’s Note: In tonight’s broadcast is the third installment of our Making Sen$e foreclosure series. We focus on Boston Community Capital, a privately and publicly funded, so-called ‘community development finance institution.’… Continue reading
Oct 19 One Producer’s Take on Putting a Human Face on the Foreclosure Story Editor’s note: Here on Making Sen$e, we like to highlight great and interesting work, tools and multimedia that are circulating the Web. While those usually involve the bylines of economists or business experts, that’s not always the case. While… Continue reading
Oct 18 Your Religion Questions Answered: Robert Putnam of ‘American Grace’ Editor’s Note: Last week, Paul Solman talked to Harvard public policy professor Robert Putnam about religion in America and his new book, “American Grace.” Professor Putnam agreed to answer some of your questions — here are… Continue reading
Oct 15 Consumer Lawyer Max Gardner to Answer Your Questions Editor’s note: On the broadcast last night was the first in a series on the foreclosure debacle. In Show Me the Mortgage, Paul Solman looked at some of the legal issues being raised about the validity of foreclosure… Continue reading
Oct 14 Why We’re Looking at Foreclosures On tonight's program, we covered the foreclosure story, which is morphing as I write. A glance at the "Most Popular" list at the Wall St. Journal's online real estate page gives some sense of the shapes it's taking: Evicted… Continue reading
Oct 14 How Does Chinese Currency Hurt U.S. Debt? Name: Brian P. Question: There has been a lot of talk recently about China's currency devaluation and how it hurts the U.S. economy's recovery by making our exports less competitive. Mostly it sounds like we simply beg China to stop. Continue reading
Oct 13 Robert Putnam to Answer Your Questions UPDATE | Oct. 18, 2010 Robert Putnam has answered some of your questions here. On Monday’s NewsHour, I interviewed public policy professor Robert Putnam of ‘Bowling Alone’ fame about his… Continue reading
Oct 12 This Year’s Nobel Prize Winners in Economics: Skeptics and Supporters A few words about the Nobel Prize in economics and this year’s winners. First, the skeptics. They are eager to point out that the prize in economics is actually the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory… Continue reading