Economy Jan 18 Commentary: Raising the Social Security Retirement Age Makes No Sense in Today’s Economy for Older Workers Photo of an artisan blacksmith by John Burke via Getty Images. Paul Solman: We write a lot about Social Security on this page. Recently, our resident expert "Ask Larry" Kotlikoff and I got into a tiff about ways to…
Economy Jan 17 What’s the Standard of Living Like Where You Live? Photo by Betsie Van Der Meer via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Paul Solman: Back in November, we featured reporter David Cay Johnston on…
Economy Jan 16 Solving for Solvency: A Menu for Closing Social Security’s Long-Term Budget Gap Photo by Spencer Platt via Getty Images. Jared Bernstein served as chief economist and adviser to Vice President Biden from 2009 to 2011. He's now a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. His last appearance on…
Economy Jan 14 Why You Should Wait Until 70 Photo by Tetra Images. Social Security expert Larry Kotlikoff answers reader's questions covering issues from retirement, medicare and more. style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;"/> _Larry Kotlikoff's [Social Security original 34 "secrets"](http://www.pbs.org/ newshour/businessdesk/2012/07/social-security-secrets-you-ne.html), his [**additional secrets**](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2012/08/on-the-qt-a-few-more- social-se.html), his Social…
Economy Jan 11 Are You Getting Ripped Off by Money Management Fees? Photo by Cultura/yellowdog via Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Friday's comes from a reader at Next Avenue. The NewsHour has partnered with…
Economy Jan 10 Economist Andrew Smithers on Labor, Capital and Increased Tax Rates Today we welcome once again our friend and monetary minstrel Jon Shayne, aka Merle Hazard, a Nashville investment manager. Shayne has written and sung such classics as "H-E-D-G-E," "In the Hamptons," "The Greek Debt Crisis" and "Inflation or Deflation?" He…
Economy Jan 09 The LIBOR Scandal: Not that Big a Deal? Former Barclays chairman Marcus Agius faced the Parliamentary Treasury Select Committee on the LIBOR scandal in London in July. Photo by Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images. One of the biggest business scandals of 2012 was the the manipulation of LIBOR,…
Economy Jan 08 How To Get Interviews Without Cold Calling An unemployed banker peddles on the street for a job. Photo by Spencer Platt via Getty Images. Nick Corcodilos is an expert on how to get a job. We ran into him while doing a story on the relative…
Economy Jan 07 How to Try to Stop Your Ex from Getting Spousal Benefits Whether you are married or divorced, you can potentially collect spousal benefits. Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security "mistakes" and his Social Security…
Economy Jan 04 Another Victory in the War on Our Children Paul Solman: "Ask Larry" Kotlikoff is a hot commodity here on Making Sense, not only as our (and your) Social Security sherpa, but as a sometime commentator on economics, which is how he's known to the rest of the…