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Grades 9-12
Is the traditional taxicab an endangered species?
Increasingly popular ride-sharing services have attracted customers at a rate that some say endangers the cab industry. Economics correspondent Paul...
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Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: How engaging diversity made Xerox a company to copy
Xerox, a $22 billion company, is the first Fortune-500 corporation to have a female CEO. Its commitment to a diverse...
Grades 6-8
"The Giver": Jonas Makes a Choice
Jonas, a twelve-year old, lives in a seemingly perfect futuristic world. His community protects him from all harm and in...
Key Concepts: Scarcity
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: New job growth doesn't indicate a strong labor market
Though economists predicted a month of strong hiring, only 142,000 positions were added to the market in August. Paul Solman...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: More part-time workers suffer instability, long hours to make ends meet
As employers seek more control over labor costs, the number of part-time jobs has soared in the post-great recession period....
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Women's fund seeks share of prosperity for female-focused firms
One of the major causes of the financial crash of 2008 was the insularity of the "good old boys" network...
Key Concepts: Financial Institutions, Risk Managment/Insurance, Specialization…
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Top-down or middle-out? Debating the key to economic growth
What's the best engine to drive the economy? More money for the rich, or better wages for the working class?...
Grades 9-12
Could Brooklyn hipsters help save the middle class?
Frozen ginger slushies, tea-based pro-biotic drinks, a bed bug-killing steam machine -- these are just a few of the locally-grown...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Entrepreneurs, Marginal Analysis…
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: What's driving the good jobs news for the month of June?
The unemployment rate in the U.S. dropped to 6.1 percent in June, its lowest point since just before the financial...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Year Up raises employment odds for young adults by teaching job-ready skills
Year Up, a career development program for urban young adults, starts with a six-month crash course in job skills like...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Budding recreational pot industry sparks innovation and investment
Recreational marijuana is legal in Colorado and Washington state, and though it's still illegal under federal law, more states are...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Low-wage jobs drive gains in U.S. employment
The BMW factory in Spartanburg, South Carolina, is luring workers with a program that offers part-time work, an all-expenses paid...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: What quality of life can workers earning nation's highest minimum wage afford?
Washington state has the highest minimum wage in the nation at $9.32. Can the state’s low-wage workers can meet their...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Why do the rich get richer? French economist Piketty takes on inequality in 'Capital'
On a recent U.S. press tour for his bestselling book "Capital," French economist Thomas Piketty spoke to standing-room-only crowds about...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Hefty child care costs present catch-22 for working parents
In most of the country, child care is the most expensive part of the family budget. Infant care now costs...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Good news in jobs report bolstered by shrinking workforce
The jobs report released Friday finds that employers added 288,000 jobs in April and the unemployment rate fell to 6.3...
