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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: FDIC's Sheila Bair Answers Your Questions

FDIC Chair Sheila Bair answers NewsHour viewer's questions on too big to fail, the power of the banking lobby, and...

Key Concepts: Credit, Economic Institutions, Roles of Government

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: FDIC's Bair: Bank Bailouts Were 'Not a Good Idea'

In an interview with Paul Solman, FDIC chairwoman Sheila Bair discusses lessons learned from the financial crisis.

Key Concepts: Credit, Economic Institutions, Risk and Return…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: AFL-CIO's 'Bulldog' Trumka Faces Dwindling Ranks

As AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka works to shield organized labor from the excesses of big businesses, he faces many challenges,...

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Distribution of Income, Division of Labor/Specialization…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Making Sense of the Foreclosure Crisis

Paul Solman speaks with an author about how a decades-long government push to expand home ownership exacerbated the foreclosure crisis.

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Economic Institutions, Roles of Government

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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: How are World's Economies Faring?

Paul Solman asks small business owners from around the world how the economy is faring in their home countries.

Key Concepts: Business Cycles, Economic Development, Economic Institutions…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: IMF Chief Seeks New Global Finance Rules

Ahead of an upcoming meeting of the G-20, Paul Solman speaks with Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Business Cycles, Economic Development…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: The Man Behind the Lehman Brothers Collapse

Paul Solman reports on Lehman Bros.' fall from storied Wall Street investment bank to a catalyst for the worst economic...

Key Concepts: Business Cycles, Economic Institutions, Money…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Efforts to Revive Economy Test Inflation Theories

The threat of inflation is testing the Federal Reserve as it works to determine how to unwind emergency moves taken...

Key Concepts: Economic Institutions, Fiscal Policy

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Problem of Transparency Nothing New to the Fed

As questions arise about the Federal Reserve's transparency, Paul Solman looks at the agency's attempts to balance public disclosure and...

Key Concepts: Economic Institutions

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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...

Key Concepts: Economic Institutions, Goods and Services

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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 Costs and Revenues, Business Cycles, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…

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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...

Key Concepts: Business Cycles, Economic Institutions, Risk and Return

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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.

Key Concepts: Division of Labor/Specialization, Economic Institutions, Employment and Unemployment…

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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.

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

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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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