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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Extended Interview: 99ers and the Macroeconomy

Paul Solman talks to "99er"" Greg Rosen about how he believes long-term unemployment affects the macroeconomy."

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Demand, Employment and Unemployment…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Did Greek Cuisine Foreshadow Economic Problems?

A food writer sees parallels between Greece's crushing economic problems and its departure from its simple, humble culinary roots. Paul...

Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Budgeting, Consumers…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Cleveland's Basketball Boon Brings Economic Vigor

Paul Solman explores the massive economic impact an upcoming decision by NBA superstar Lebron James will have on Cleveland.

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Consumers, Demand…

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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Economists Examine Potential for Longer Recession

Paul Solman talks to two economists about recent market instability and the possibility of a double-dip recession.

Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Budgeting, Credit…

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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Some Eye Strategic Defaults as Home Values Tumble

Paul Solman tells the story of some homeowners who have stopped paying their mortgages even though they can still afford...

Key Concepts: Credit, Decision, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Winners and Losers of Florida's Foreclosure Crisis

Paul Solman kicks off the Spotlight series with a report from Florida on people who have lost their homes to...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Investing, Market Structures…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Evaluating and Preventing a Financial Crisis

As part of his continuing series of reports making sense of business and the economy, Paul Solman talks to MIT...

Key Concepts: Incentive, Market Structures, Markets

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Home Price Experts Critique Atlanta, U.S. Markets

As part of his ongoing series, Making Sense of the economy, Paul Solman takes a real estate tour in Atlanta,...

Key Concepts: Business, Business Cycles, Credit…

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Grades 9-12

Traditional Economies and the Inuit

The Inuit people of northern Canada provide an example of a traditional economy. For thousands of years, Inuit parents have...

Key Concepts: Demand, Economic Systems, Goods and Services…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: How Big is Too Big to Fail?

Paul Solman speaks to economist George Shultz about how massive bank mergers affect the idea of "too big to fail."""

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Market Structure, Market Structures…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Keynes vs. Hayek: Late Economists' Rap Battle

As part of his Making Sense series, Paul Solman has a unique look at John Mayard Keynes' legacy, including his...

Key Concepts: Business, Business Cycles, Demand…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Arrogance, Ignorance Recurring in Economic History

Paul Solman speaks with economists Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff about the financial crisis and how it compares to previous...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Business Cycles, Employment and Unemployment…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Hints of a Meltdown in Commercial Real Estate

Is the commercial real estate market the next shoe to drop in the U.S. economy? Paul Solman reports.

Key Concepts: Demand, Division of Labor/Specialization, Goods and Services…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Brazil's President on the G-20, Emerging Markets

Paul Solman interviews Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula de Silva at the G-20 about the role of developing nations in...

Key Concepts: Distribution of Income, Economic Development, Economic Institutions…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Few Glimmers of Hope for Many Unemployed Americans

With long-term unemployment at a record high, the nation's jobless are taking little solace in recent data that suggests the...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Demand, Division of Labor/Specialization…

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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...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Distribution of Income, Division of Labor/Specialization…

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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.

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Business Cycles, Financial Markets…

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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...

Key Concepts: Economic Institutions, Financial Investments, Fraud Risk…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Elkhart Among Hardest Hit by Rising Unemployment

Paul Solman reports on the view of the economy from Elkhart, Ind., where unemployment has topped 15 percent.

Key Concepts: Business Cycles, Consumption, Demand…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Global Trade Freezes Amid Economic Downturn

Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on how the global economic crisis has impacted trade.

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Demand, Division of Labor/Specialization…

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