Jul 05 Fannie Mae: What’s Politics Got to Do With it? By Paul Solman // 'Protecting Its Fannie: How Mortgage Giant Primed the Bubble, Covered Its Assets.' Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Tuesday's… Continue reading
Jul 01 Joseph Stiglitz, Barney Frank Respond to ‘Reckless Endangerment’ Allegations By Paul Solman Friday on the NewsHour, New York Times finance specialist Gretchen Morgenson and co-author Josh Rosner, a longtime housing analyst, talk about their new bestseller, "Reckless Endangerment" (no. 17 on the Times list this week). The book is a… Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch White House Chief of Staff Daley: U.S. Default ‘Will Not Happen’ Daley: U.S. Default 'Will Not Happen'… Continue watching
Jun 30 Troubled By Our Pension Post? Here’s Our Response By Paul Solman // Watch Paul Solman's report, 'Is Your Pension Safe? States Struggle With Pricey Challenges.' Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Thursday's query:… Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch News Wrap: Greece Endorses New Austerity Measures Amid More Rioting In other news Wednesday, lawmakers in Greece endorsed new austerity measures in the face of chaos in the streets of Athens. The package of $40 billion in spending cuts and tax hikes is designed to win a second bailout from… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch Debt Battle Growing More Urgent, but GOP, Democrats Not Budging Yet At a White House news conference Wednesday, President Obama insisted that congressional leaders put everything on the table, including spending, benefits programs and tax increases, in order to reach a debt limit deal. Jeffrey Brown discusses ongoing negotiations with Sens. Continue watching
Jun 29 As IMF’s New Chief, Will Lagarde ‘Keep Smiling’? By Paul Solman Christine Lagarde was nominated Wednesday to head the IMF. Photo by Dominique Charriau/Getty Images. So the synchronized French swim champ with accent-free English whom we interviewed last summer in Paris, Christine Lagarde, will run the IMF. What did we… Continue reading
Jun 24 Making Sense: Sneak Peek At a Rust Belt Success Story By Paul Solman A welder at Lincoln Electric. Photo by Jared Manders. We shot footage for an upcoming piece recently at arc welding manufacturer Lincoln Electric. The company, which we last visited back in 1992, is an improbable Rust Belt success… Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch White House, GOP Budget Deficit Talks Hit a Wall: Now What? Budget deficit negotiations between Vice President Joe Biden and GOP lawmakers broke down Thursday after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor pulled out over the question of raising taxes. Judy Woodruff discusses the breakdown and what's ahead with The Washington Post's… Continue watching
Jun 23 Making Sense: Is China’s Economic Progress In Trouble? By Paul Solman Stephen Roach of Morgan Stanley and now Yale, and author of the book "The Next Asia," has long been among the most astute and independent of economic forecasters. He has also spent much of the past decade… Continue reading