Paul Solman: I’ve been tweeting for the past few months and some “followers” have taken to asking questions directly on Twitter. I’ll be posting a couple of recent ones this week, with my stenographic (haiku-like?) replies, expanded for the…

Paul Solman: Good jobs data dominate the headlines this morning: Unemployment holding pretty much steady at long last; dramatic downward revision in last month’s number of lost jobs; average hours up. The NYT…

Question: Why are so many people concerned that if there are controls put on the remuneration of top people in the financial industry, that these people will leave? Aren’t they the prime causes of the financial crisis in the first…

Question: One of the commentators on the Newhour recently said that China does not want to devalue its currency for fear of decreasing the attractiveness of its export products and increasing unemployment in China. But the Chinese president recently…

Question: Why is the United Kingdom breaking up big banks that got bailed out? Are they wrong? Paul Solman: The UK seems committed to one interesting idea in the wake of the crisis, but it doesn’t appear to be breaking…

The Business Desk is about the basics of economics, and it lives on questions from readers like you. Paul’s mantra: There are no stupid questions. So, please ask away on all things business and economics. Just use the form…

Editor’s note: This week, the Business Desk continues to feature questions from students in three high schools around the country. Question: Why is the financial gap between rich and poor continuing to get wider? — Stephanie, senior, Carle Place…