Jan 18 Watch A History of Mitt Romney’s Stances on Releasing Tax Returns GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney came under increased pressure Wednesday from allies and opponents to release his tax information in advance of Saturday's Republican primary in South Carolina. Judy Woodruff discusses how Romney has previously handled the tax issue with Michael… Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch The Strange, Animal-Killing Side Effects of Tax Policy Changes Arthur Laffer describes how he dealt with death threats for his tax-changing role. Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch Taxes: How High Is Too High? Economics correspondent Paul Solman explores the question of just how high U.S. tax rates should or shouldn't be and examines the relationship between economic activity and tax rates. It's part of his ongoing reporting series, Making Sen$e of financial news. Continue watching
Jan 02 Instead of ‘Fairness’ in the Tax System, Why Not Emphasize Results? Image by Spark Studio via Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Ben Sands Question:… Continue reading
Dec 21 When Did the Great Depression Start? – And Why That Matters A crowd of depositors gather in the rain outside Bank of United States after its failure in 1931 during the Great Depression. Photo by World Telegram staff photographer from the Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons. Last week's story… Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch What Do Tax Rates’ Ups and Downs Mean for Economic Growth? Do higher tax rates slow economic growth? As part of his reporting on Making Sen$e of financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman takes a look at the history of taxes. Continue watching
Nov 21 How Do Tax Changes Affect Spending? Paul Solman frequently answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Aime Casavant Question: How does raising or lowering taxes affect the economy?… Continue reading
Nov 21 How Do Tax Changes Affect Spending? Paul Solman frequently answers questions from NewsHour viewers and readers on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Aime Casavant Question: How does raising or lowering taxes affect the economy?… Continue reading
Nov 18 Liberal Economist Frank: Congress Will Be Guilty of ‘Gross Political Malpractice’ "Bob Frank and P.J. O'Rourke AGREE," Paul Solman tweeted recently, referring to the political differences of liberal economist Frank and conservative satirist O'Rourke. "Build the damn bridges. Now." Frank and O'Rourke recently partnered to author an opinion… Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch With Deadline Nearing, What Happens if Supercommittee Talks Collapse? With Deadline Nearing, What Happens if Super Committee Talks Collapse?… Continue watching