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Grades 9-12

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: Examining the Motivations of the Modern Workforce

Business and Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on what drives people's behavior in the modern workforce.

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: Should Consumers Move Money from the Megabanks?

As part of his series making sense of the economy, Paul Solman compares small community banks and too-big-to-fail financial giants.

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Credit, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Unemployment Benefits in Jeopardy

In this economics video, Paul Solman examines troubles in Florida for both those receiving and those paying for jobless benefits.

Key Concepts: Division of Labor/Specialization, Employment and Unemployment, Goods and Services

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Tiny Technology Holds Big Economic Potential

In the latest in a series of reports making sense of the economy, business correspondent Paul Solman examines the economic...

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Economic Development, Market Structure…

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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: Is the U.S. the Latest World Power in Decline?

As part of his series of economic reports examining the country's economic future, Paul Solman sits down with Yale historian...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Budget Deficit, Budgeting…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Should Obama Pull the TARP from Under Banks?

Paul Solman sits down with bank consultant and former FDIC chair William Isaac for a critical look at the Troubled...

Key Concepts: Credit, Economic Institutions, Markets

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Former Regulator Talks Fraud and Big Bank Getaway

Paul Solman sits down with former bank regulator and author Bill Black as part of his continuing series of reports...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Credit, Economic Institutions…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: How Goldman Sachs Turned Tax Money Into Profits

Paul Solman explores how investment powerhouse Goldman Sachs used taxpayer money to make more profits.

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Credit, Economic Institutions…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Inside Goldman Sachs, Record Profits

Paul Solman examines the inner workings of investment powerhouse Goldman Sachs and how it managed to post a huge profit...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Economic Institutions, Investing…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Reagan Budget Chief Defends Obama Budget Reforms

Paul Solman talks with David Stockman, former Reagan budget chief about the proposal to tax banks on their size and...

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Economic Institutions, Market Structure

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Are Big Banks Good for the Economy?

The Obama Administration is trying to rein in big bangs, but Robert Kelly, chief executive officer of Bank of New...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Business Costs and Revenues, Economic Institutions…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Unmasking Interest Rates, Honky-Tonk Style

Paul Solman explains how interest rates are set, with a little help from economic country musician Merle Hazard.

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Economic Institutions, Fiscal Policy…

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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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