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As part of his series on Making Sense of the financial crisis, Paul Solman looks at how the dollar's weakness has spurred a new gold rush.

Paul Solman reports on plans for federal stimulus money in St. Louis and compares today's projects with ones constructed during the New Deal era.

This calculator demonstrates how compounding can affect your savings.

This lesson illustrates the differences between inventions and innovations. It discusses what entrepreneurs are and their role with inventions and innovations.

Harness the excitement of the Super Bowl with this lesson from the SIFMA Foundation for Investor Education. Students analyze the stock prices of companies who buy ad time during the Super Bowl.   Did that advertising positively impact stock prices?  Is it worth the multimillion dollar price tag?

In this personal finance video, students will learn about risk and return and play a Kahoot! game.

Partner Content SNL's Kate McKinnon shows why it's so important that we talk money with kids. Beyond the laughs (and there are plenty) lies an important message: We need to teach our children money basics early-no joke. Check out bethkobliner.com for more ways to make your kid a money genius.

Yale University professor Robert Shiller was one of three Americans honored with the Nobel Prize for Economics for research on how financial markets work and how assets, like stocks, are priced. Economics correspondent Paul Solman sits down with Shiller to discuss the award, irrational exube…

Part of his series on Making $ense of financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman spoke with author Robert Harris whose fictional take on Wall Street, "The Fear Index," stresses the dangers of algorithm-driven, high-frequency trading.

Seven states have passed legislation officially recognizing companies with a conscience. Called benefit corporations, or B Corps, the firms strive to make a positive impact on society while also turning a profit. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports as part of his Making Sen$e of fina…