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$e team have actually used. Continue reading
Nov 22 Small Business Owners and the Bush Tax Cut Debate: No Easy Answers By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Howard Herbst Question: Republicans say they want to keep the Bush… Continue reading
Nov 22 Small Business Owners and the Bush Tax Cut Debate: No Easy Answers By Elizabeth Shell Name: Howard Herbst Question: Republicans say they want to keep the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy to protect small businesses. Can't the tax code be quickly and easily redesigned to allow small business income reported on an individual (personal)… 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
Nov 19 The Confidence of Ben Bernanke in Germany For a speech by a Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke's remarks on "global rebalancing" certainly weren't designed to fly under the radar. "The Fed chairman's message, though scholarly in tone, was unusually blunt," wrote the Wall Street Journal,… Continue reading
Nov 19 Joe Nocera’s Economic ‘Hall of Shame’ By Paul Solman "We titled the book 'All the Devils are Here'," said Joe Nocera's co-author, Bethany McLean, "because in the wake of the crisis there has been this search for a simplistic answer. Ah! Fannie and Freddie, they must be the… Continue reading
Nov 18 Joe Nocera’s Hall of Shame By Elizabeth Shell "We titled the book 'All the Devils are Here'," said Joe Nocera's co-author, Bethany McLean, "because in the wake of the crisis there has been this search for a simplistic answer. Ah! Fannie and Freddie, they must be the… Continue reading
Nov 17 Economics is Missing A Funny Bone | An Interview With ‘Merle Hazard’ By Elizabeth Shell The [Fed's announcement](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2010/11/fed-slow-growth-disappointing-will-engage-in-second-round-of-quantitiative-easing.html) of another round of so-called "quantitative easing" (QE2) is much in the news. Basically, it's an announced commitment to create $600 billion dollars or more of new "Federal reserves" - i.e., U.S. dollars - and [pump them… Continue reading
Nov 15 How Would YOU Balance the U.S. Budget? By Paul Solman The Sunday Times recently featured an exercise that it might make sense for all Americans to try, and certainly members of Congress pressing to balance the budget- Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget. And, if you prefer to get… Continue reading
Nov 15 How Would YOU Balance the U.S. Budget? By Elizabeth Shell The Sunday Times featured an exercise that it might make sense for all Americans to try, and certainly members of Congress pressing to balance the budget- Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget. And if you prefer to get out… Continue reading