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 29 Doesn't Social Security Pay For Itself, Since it's Taken Out of My Paycheck? By Elizabeth Shell The following email comes via the PBS Ombudsman: Name: Phyllis Koch Question: I am constantly frustrated as I listen to your interviewers and commentators talk about deficits/budgets/where to cut and always including Social Security. Social Security is always mentioned… Continue reading
Nov 29 Doesn't Social Security Pay for Itself, Since It's Taken Out of My Paycheck? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: The following email comes via the PBS Ombudsman: Name: Phyllis Koch Question:… Continue reading
Nov 25 Economic Justice for Struggling Homeowners - And The Rest Of Us? By Elizabeth Shell Is it just to bail out homeowners? Mortgage modifications help homeowners stay put. But is that fair to those of us who bought when the market was high, and yet continue to meet our contractual obligations? Paul Solman… Continue reading
Nov 25 Economic Justice for Struggling Homeowners - And The Rest Of Us? By Elizabeth Shell Editor's Note: Is it JUST to bail out homeowners? Mortgage modifications help homeowners stay put. But is that fair to those of us who bought when the market was high, and yet continue to meet our contractual obligations? Paul Solman… Continue reading
Nov 24 What Does Justice in the Foreclosure Crisis Look Like? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$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
Nov 23 Introducing Tool$ Tuesday: A New Feature By Paul Solman Today we present Tool$ Tuesday- the first in a series of online calculators and tools that I or others on the Making Sen$e team have actually used. The primary purpose is to present tools that we have found helpful in… Continue reading
Nov 23 Introducing Tool$ Tuesday: A New Feature By Elizabeth Shell UPDATE NOV. 25, 2010 | Editor's Note: See update at end of post. Today we present Tool$ Tuesday- the first in a series of online calculators and tools that I or others on the Making Sen$e team have actually used. Continue reading
Nov 19 The Confidence of Ben Bernanke in Germany By Elizabeth Shell "The Fed chairman's message, though scholarly in tone, was unusually blunt," wrote the Wall Street Journal, "laying blame for inflationary pressures in emerging markets and for tensions over currencies on countries like China." The Financial Times underscored another… Continue reading