Dec 08 Looking To the Past To See the Future: More Anxiety May Await Us By Elizabeth Shell Name: Sophia Shelko Question: What does the future hold for people that have lost or have been victims of this economic crisis? An example: those who faced foreclosures of their homes and had their credit ruined. Paul Solman: If the… Continue reading
Dec 07 Two Retirement Planning Tool$ to Use NOW By Paul Solman Retirement tools. The questions they ask you to fill in seem designed to scare your pants off: How much do you expect to earn on your assets? When are you planning to retire? When are you going to die?… Continue reading
Dec 07 Two Retirement Planning Tool$ to Use NOW By Elizabeth Shell Retirement tools. The questions they ask you to fill in seem designed to scare your pants off: How much do you expect to earn on your assets? When are you planning to retire? When are you going to die? Sadly,… Continue reading
Dec 03 Unemployment Verdict: Worse Than it Appears By Elizabeth Shell The verdict on today's unemployment numbers is unequivocal. Conservative economist Peter Morici writes: "Terrible! Only 39,000 new jobs created is awful. After we back out health care and social services, which are largely government funded, the private sector… Continue reading
Dec 03 Unemployment Figures: Worse Than They Appear By Paul Solman The verdict on today's unemployment numbers is unequivocal. Conservative economist Peter Morici writes: "Terrible! Only 39,000 new jobs created is awful. After we back out health care and social services, which are largely government funded, the… Continue reading
Dec 03 Breaking Down the November Unemployment Numbers By Elizabeth Shell Unemployment rose little in November, with the official rate edging up slightly from 9.6 percent to 9.8 percent. The government's broadest measure of unemployment stayed steady at 17 percent. This figure includes the unemployed plus all who are only marginally… Continue reading
Nov 30 Tool$ Tuesday | The Bush Tax Cuts By Paul Solman Today's Tool$ Tuesday is another look at how the tax cuts might be implemented. This Bush Tax Cut tool comes by way of the Tax Policy Center, a much-appreciated think tank in today's hyper-polarized environment. Continue reading
Nov 30 Tool$ Tuesday | The Bush Tax Cuts By Elizabeth Shell Today's Tool$ Tuesday is another look at how the tax cuts might be implemented. This Bush Tax Cut tool comes by way of the Tax Policy Center, a much-appreciated think tank in today's hyper-polarized environment. Continue reading
Nov 24 What Does Justice in the Foreclosure Crisis Look Like? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Wednesday's query: An amended answer today to a question answered imperfectly (or worse) last month. Continue reading
Nov 24 What Does Justice in the Foreclosure Crisis Look Like? By Elizabeth Shell An amended answer today to a question answered imperfectly (or worse) last month. The email, from Bruce Temple, was in response to one of our stories on the foreclosure crisis and read as follows: In tonight's episode you asked… Continue reading