Sep 13 American Seniors: Poor No More Photo by Nick Dolding via Getty images. Wednesday's post on the release of 2011 census economic data brought the predictably downbeat news that inequality continued to increase in America last year, as it has for decades. Continue reading
Sep 12 A Million Dollars for an Extra Year of Life? ‘It’s my tax dollars!’ Tracy Morgan with her husband Mark before he died of brain cancer in 2011. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Thursday's query: Name:… Continue reading
Sep 12 It’s Official: Inequality Still on the Rise Dominick Aldridga, 8, stands with his family at a mobile food pantry distribution point in Deposit, New York. According to the 2010 Census, 15.72 percent the population serviced by this mobile pantry live at or below the federal poverty… Continue reading
Sep 12 How Safe Are Bonds? Warnings for a Mom Who May Be Getting Bad Investment Advice Stacks of one hundred dollar bills pass through a circulator machine at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and… Continue reading
Sep 11 Merle Hazard Hurtles Over the Fiscal Cliff ( {"video_url": "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WswgoQZ8xHI"} ) On this page, we like to feature monetary minstrel Jon Shayne, a Nashville investment manager whose nom de croon is Merle Hazard. Merle has written and sung such classics as H-E-D-G-E, In… Continue reading
Sep 11 What Does the Solman Scale Say about Unemployment? An applicant speaks with a prospective employer at a New York job fair. Photo by Getty Images/John Moore. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Continue reading
Sep 10 Can Newly-Minted U.S. Citizens Receive Social Security? A man takes the oath of allegiance at a citizenship ceremony at Saratoga National Historic Park. Creative Commons photo courtesy of flickr user Samantha Decker. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security "secrets" and his answers to your questions (… Continue reading
Sep 07 A Bad Jobs Report: Unemployment Down but U7 Total Still Above 27 Million Job seekers wait for a career fair to open in Denver, Colo. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images. The delegates at the Democratic convention greeted President Obama enthusiastically Thursday night. Friday morning's job numbers did not. Quite the opposite. Job… Continue reading
Sep 06 What Deductions Might Romney Cut? Two Eminent Economists Duke it Out Bill Clinton blistered the Republicans on a variety of points last night but prominent among them, to an economics correspondent, was his attack on the Romney/Ryan budget plan and its tax cut for the upper crust. "That makes… Continue reading
Sep 06 Keynes or Say? How Do I Vote? Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Thursday's query: Name: Brian Christopher Question: Hi, Paul. Just read your post on Keynes vs. Say's… Continue reading