Sep 05 Is Academia Becoming an ‘Idea Graveyard?’ Photo credit: j.gresham via Flickr Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query: Name: Michael Shinder Question: Science and technology don't seem to… Continue reading
Sep 04 Which Economists Can See the Future? Nassim Taleb and Nouriel Roubini predicted the last collapse. But even they don't think that means they'll be able to predict the next one. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on… Continue reading
Sep 03 Ask Larry: Can Social Security Disability Cover Care for Children with Down Syndrome? Retirement expert Laurence Kotlikoff advises readers on various Social Security subjects, including disability benefits for disabled children. Creative commons photo by Daniel Rivas Pacheco, via Wikimedia Commons. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security "secrets" and his answers to your questions… Continue reading
Aug 31 Better Off than Four Years Ago? Compared to What? Prior to the Democratic National convention, Paul Solman talked with Jared Bernstein to get the party's economic platform. Bernstein was the chief economic advisor to Vice President Biden from 2009 -- 2011. Photo by the PBS NewsHour. While… Continue reading
Aug 31 How Best to Leverage Small Savings? Buy, Fix Up, Rent Out? Creative Commons photo of a 'fixer-upper' home in Boone County, Ill. courtesy flickr user minolta102. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Friday's query comes… Continue reading
Aug 30 We Spend How Much on Egypt’s Military? Soldiers stand guard along the route of the funeral of Omar Suleiman, former chief of intelligence in Egypt as well as a presidential candidate, on Saturday, July 21, 2012, in Cairo, Egypt. Photo by James Lawler Duggan/MCT via Getty… Continue reading
Aug 29 Should “Old” People Get Mortgages? (Second Time Around) Homes at the intersection of 18th and S St. NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Creative Commons photo courtesy flickr user NCinDC. After posting and then reposting an answer about "old" people and mortgages… Continue reading
Aug 29 Where in the World is ESPlanner Basic? A view of ESPlanner Basic. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is today's query: Name: Ervin Question: You're a lone beacon of… Continue reading
Aug 28 Latest Case-Shiller Numbers Suggest “Firming” Housing Market The Case-Shiller housing index came out this morning (August 28), and as expected, the numbers for June are reassuring. For the last few months, prices have been rising in the 20 metropolitan areas covered by the index and with June's… Continue reading
Aug 28 Economists Debate: Keynes v. Say Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page.Here is Tuesday's query: Name: Peter Eggenberger Question: Most of the disagreements between Keynesians and anti-Keynesians about current economic… Continue reading