Aug 17 Sweden's Super-Duper Rich By Paul Solman // Update: Watch Land of the Free, Home of the Poor and Americans Facing More Inequality, More Debt and Now More Trouble? to see the first two parts of Paul Solman's ongoing series of reports on U.S. economic… Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch Land of the Free, Home of the Poor Financial gains over the last decade in the United States have been mostly made at the "tippy-top" of the economic food chain as more people fall out of the middle class. The top 20 percent of Americans now holds 84… Continue watching
Aug 12 Wealth: How Does the U.S. Slice the Pie? Photo by flickr user sciondriver. Update: Watch Land of the Free, Home of the Poor and Americans Facing More Inequality, More Debt and Now More Trouble? to see the first two parts of Paul Solman's ongoing… Continue reading
Aug 10 Another Take on a Volatile Market By Paul Solman Financial professionals work the phones on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City. Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images. Sorry I didn't post Tuesday, amidst all the turmoil. I was giving a speech at Chautauqua,… Continue reading
Mar 24 Income Inequality: Where Do You Fall? By Paul Solman Updated March 25, 2011 at 1:33 p.m. with a fixed link to the Slate interactive. Income inequality has changed over time: today the richest 1 percent of Americans hold about 24 percent of U.S. wealth. But almost a century ago… Continue reading
Mar 24 Income Inequality: Where Do You Fall? By Elizabeth Shell Updated March 25, 2011 at 1:33 p.m. with a fixed link to the Slate interactive. Income inequality has changed over time: today the richest one percent of Americans hold about 24 percent of U.S. wealth. But almost a century ago… Continue reading
Mar 17 Live Chat: Paul Solman, Patchwork Nation's Chinni on Economic Inequality By Paul Solman Editor's note: Join us at 3 p.m. ET Thursday for a chat between Paul Solman, Dante Chinni of Patchwork Nation and Derek Thompson of The Atlantic. The discussion will be moderated by PBS… Continue reading
Mar 16 Live Chat: Economic Inequality By Elizabeth Shell EDITOR'S NOTE: Join us live right here on Thursday, March 17 at 3p.m. ET for a chat between Paul Solman, Dante Chinni of Patchwork Nation and Derek Thompson of The Atlantic. The discussion will be… Continue reading
Mar 16 The Financial Blame Game: Who's At Fault? By Elizabeth Shell Name: Michael Cassady Question: With the suffering from the financial crisis falling mostly on masses of people who were not responsible for causing it, why has there not been a healthy postmortem and acceptance of responsibility before the victims are… Continue reading
Mar 15 Paul Solman, Patchwork Nation's Chinni Talk Income Inequality in Ohio By Elizabeth Shell Business correspondent Paul Solman and Dante Chinni of Patchwork Nation recently traveled to two counties in Ohio: Crawford and Delaware. Thirty years ago the counties had similar average incomes but they've grown apart. The town of Galion… Continue reading