Economy Oct 10 American Ideology? There is No Such Thing American flags at the U.S. Capitol. Photo by: Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images This is the second of two consecutive Making Sen$e posts by esteemed academic colleagues at different places on the political spectrum who don't have blogs, don't have…
Economy Oct 09 If Job Boards Don’t Work, Why Do Companies Screen by Computer? Warehouse manager at operations desk on computer Photo by: John McBride & Company Inc. I first heard Wharton Business School Professor Peter Cappelli speak grim truths about today's job market at a conference in 2009. We then featured him in…
Economy Oct 08 Ask Larry: Can a Thirty-Something in Good Health Collect Social Security? Creative Commons Photo Courtesy of Flickr user Fabricator of Useless Articles Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security "secrets" and his answers to your questions (here, here and here) have prompted so many of you to write in that…
Economy Oct 04 Spanish Dumpster Diving Night skyline of Madrid. Photo by: Angel Navarrete/Bloomberg via Getty Images A post from Madrid today on last week's sensational New York Times story and slide show on hunger rising in Spain. The post is courtesy of one of our…
Economy Oct 04 Spanish Dumpster Diving Night skyline of Madrid. Photo by: Angel Navarrete/Bloomberg via Getty Images A post from Madrid today on last week's sensational New York Times story and slide show on hunger rising in Spain. The post is courtesy of one of our…
Economy Oct 02 Excerpt from a Newly Minted MacArthur ‘Genius’ Photo by the MacArthur Foundation. For a 33-year-old, Harvard economist Raj Chetty has a distressingly high number of accomplishments, to which he adds, today, the status of MacArthur "genius" Fellow. But in fact, people of good will should be anything…
Economy Oct 02 Excerpt from a Newly Minted MacArthur ‘Genius’ Photo by the MacArthur Foundation. For a 33-year-old, Harvard economist Raj Chetty has a distressingly high number of accomplishments, to which he adds, today, the status of MacArthur "genius" Fellow. But in fact, people of good will should be anything…
Economy Sep 28 Do We Now Know Enough About Mitt Romney’s Taxes? US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a town hall meeting at Central High School in Grand Junction, Colorado, on July 10, 2012, where he said he has 'nothing hidden' in his taxes. Photo by: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images It's…
Economy Sep 28 Do We Now Know Enough About Mitt Romney’s Taxes? US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a town hall meeting at Central High School in Grand Junction, Colorado, on July 10, 2012. Romney said he has 'nothing hidden' in his taxes. Photo by: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images It's hard…
Economy Sep 27 More Job Search Secrets: Show Potential Employers the Money Photo of Job Seeker by Jonathan Alcorn/Bloomberg via Getty Images We're pleased to report that we may have found the Larry Kotlikoff of job secrets, professional headhunter Nick Corcodilos. Larry, as readers of Making Sen$e no doubt know, has become…