Jun 04 Watch Former Reagan Budget Director Argues Against Bailouts, for Financial Discipline Former Reagan Budget Director Argues Against Bailouts, for Financial Discipline… Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch Private Investors Put Money on Decreasing Teen Recidivism Rate Private Investors Put Money on Decreasing Teen Recidivism Rate… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch Is Globalization Wiping Out the American Surfboard Industry? Economic correspondent Paul Solman reports on an American-born product hit hard by globalization: the surfboard. In Southern California, U.S.-based manufacturers fear they will soon be wiped out by competing, foreign companies due to discrepancies in labor costs and duty taxes. Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch Colleges and Universities See Graying Workforce Holding On to Coveted Positions Colleges and Universities See Graying Workforce Holding On to Coveted Positions… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch February Brings Drop in Unemployment, Best Job Report in Four Years Things are looking up for job seekers. The February 2013 jobs report showed the addition of 236,000 jobs and the unemployment rate dropped to 7.7 percent, making it the best report in four years. Ray Suarez examines the data and… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch Is China’s Fast-Growing Economy Headed for a Crash? Will the Chinese economy continue its torrid pace of growth and overtake the U.S.'s top status? Or is it a bubble destined to burst, taking the world economy down with it? Paul Solman interviews a highly-respected China "bull" and a… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch D.C.’s Funniest Celebrity: More Economics Comedy Routines D.C.’s Funniest Celebrity: More Economics Comedy Routines… Continue watching
Jan 22 What I Did When My Email Account Was Hacked (Besides Panic) By Paul Solman Photo by Epoxydude via Getty Images. The NewsHour has partnered with Next Avenue, a new PBS website that offers articles, blogs and other critical information for adults over 50. Paul Solman: What follows is of a personal nature… Continue reading
Jan 04 Another Victory in the War on Our Children By Paul Solman Paul Solman: "Ask Larry" Kotlikoff is a hot commodity here on Making Sense, not only as our (and your) Social Security sherpa, but as a sometime commentator on economics, which is how he's known to the rest of the… Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch Exit Interview: Barney Frank Reflects on Successes, Regrets, Future Plans Exit Interview: Barney Frank Reflects on Successes, Regrets, Future Plans… Continue watching