Editor’s note: This week, the Business Desk continues to feature questions from students in three high schools around the country. Question: What changes has President Obama made to American economic policy? — Anthony, senior, Carle Place High School, Carle…

Question: Exactly who is the FDIC? Who sits on the board? Who do they answer to? What crystal ball do they use to make their decisions? What authority, if any, do they have over…

Question: Who regulates the student loan industry to stop the practice of gouging young people with excessive interest charges added to their principal when they “defer” payment …the govt doesn’t pay the interest and the loans mushroom. Paul Solman: As…

Question: The Bush tax cuts put billions in the hands of corporations and other businesses with the hope that they would create U.S. jobs, especially manufacturing jobs in the United States. Did this actually happen or did much of that…

Editor’s note: Ask and ye shall receive. We received some excellent and provocative questions for FDIC Chair Sheila Bair in response to our request here on the Business Desk. Thanks to everyone who…

Paul Solman: We’re interviewing Sheila Bair, head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, this Friday. And she’s agreed to answer your questions as well as mine. Her answers will be posted here on the Business Desk in a special…