Nov 14 Watch 7:29 How these employers are adapting to the needs of an aging workforce By Paul Solman As the population ages and older workers are making up more and more of the labor force, some employers are taking notice and adjusting their own practices to retain valuable experience and skills. Economics correspondent Paul Solman has the story. Continue watching
Nov 12 What ending DACA could cost the U.S. economy By Courtney Vinopal DACA has allowed hundreds of thousands of young immigrants to study and work freely in the U.S., allowing them to contribute more to the national GDP and in federal taxes. Continue reading
Nov 06 2020 brings more private insurance plans for Medicare patients. Here’s why you need to look closely By Philip Moeller Nearly 15 percent more Medicare Advantage plans will be available to patients in 2020. Continue reading
Nov 05 Why a slowdown in manufacturing matters for the U.S. economy By Gretchen Frazee Manufacturing makes up a small portion of the U.S. economy, but if the sector stalls, it could drag down related industries and disproportionately affect parts of the country where factories employ thousands of people. Continue reading
Nov 05 3 reasons farmers hurt by the U.S.-China trade war still support Trump By Wendong Zhang, Lulu Rodriguez, Shuyang Qu, The Conversation The Trump administration’s efforts to ease the pain of farmers hurt by tariffs have paid off. Continue reading
Nov 01 Google bought Fitbit. What does that mean for your data privacy? By Gretchen Frazee Data privacy experts caution that current laws and regulations do little to hold Google and other companies that collect health data to their promises. Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch 7:44 For these seniors, entrepreneurial ambition is far from retiring By Paul Solman Entrepreneurs are often imagined as twenty-something recent college dropouts. But in fact, people ages 45 to 64 start businesses at higher rates than do their younger peers -- and plenty of seniors are in startup mode, too. Economics correspondent Paul… Continue watching
Oct 30 How taking Social Security early affects your ex-spousal benefits By Philip Moeller People often don’t think about the implications of how filing early for Social Security might affect their future entitlements to other Social Security benefits. Continue reading
Oct 29 Not all candy is candy, at least for tax purposes By Hayes Holderness, The Conversation What's the difference between Hershey’s milk chocolate bars and Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Creme bars? In Illinois tax law, one of them is considered a candy and the other is not. Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch 8:36 How big data became a silent colleague for artists and designers By Catherine Rampell Artificial intelligence and big data are transforming the global economy. Less well understood, however, are the changes they are driving in creative industries specifically. Special correspondent and Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell reports on the fundamental questions sophisticated data intelligence… Continue watching