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Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Making Sense of the Stress Tests
Paul Solman explains how the stress tests played into the government's decision to let 10 big banks repay the Treasury's...
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Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Detroit Feels Ripple Effects of GM's Bankruptcy
Economics correspondent Paul Solman talks to Michigan residents about the ripple effects from General Motors' declaration of bankruptcy.
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: UAW Chief Gettelfinger Answers Questions
Retired United Auto Workers members ask union chief Ron Gettelfinger about the future of the union and General Motors.
Key Concepts: Business Cycle 1, Business Cycle 2, Employment/Unemployment…
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: GM Bankruptcy Affects Myriad Stakeholders
Paul Solman reports on how General Motors' bankruptcy filing will affect different company stakeholders, from union members to bondholders to...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Gettelfinger Gives UAW's Take on GM Deal, Industry
United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger gives the union's perspective on the recent plans to boost the struggling auto industry.
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Economics Reporter Finds Self in Mortgage Crisis
In a report from his "Making Sense"" series
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Economist Mulls Interplay of Money, Morality
Behavioral economist Dan Ariely mulls decision-making mechanisms in finance and the ways in which many people rationalize their unethical actions.
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Colorism' in the Labor Market
Paul Solman investigates why darker skinned black men face greater discrimination and lower wages in the labor market than lighter...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: In East St. Louis, a Racial Divide in Unemployment
Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on the racial disparity in unemployment in East St. Louis, where memories of the Great...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: In St. Louis, Signs of New Deal Stimulus Projects
Paul Solman reports on plans for federal stimulus money in St. Louis and compares today's projects with ones constructed during...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: In Slumping Economy, a Shift in Shopping Habits
Economics correspondent Paul Solman talks to author Paco Underhill about how consumer habits have changed in the recession.
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Paul Solman Explores The 'Paradox of Thrift'
Paul Solman examines how the consumers who decide to save their money instead of spending it may exacerbate the effects...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments 1
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Taxpayers Mull Options for CEO Bonus Payback
Paul Solman explores options for getting some of the money back to taxpayers from CEO bonuses at companies that received...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Bailing Out the Boardroom
Graphic illustrating how much bailed-out CEO's take home in their paychecks.
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Web Extra: 'Share' Economy at Beth Israel Hospital
At Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, more than 400 positions have been saved thanks to executives taking lower salaries...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Some Workers Willing to Sacrifice to Avoid Layoffs
Paul Solman reports on some workers who have made sacrifices to avoid more layoffs in their workplace.
