Nov 13 What If You Outlive Your Savings? How to Close the Retirement Income Gap By Lew Mandell One of the biggest threats to retired folks is that they will outlive their savings and Social Security won't be enough to carry them over. Lew Mandell explains the best ways to close the gap between what… Continue reading
Nov 11 Gen X and Y, it’s time to make your Social Security retirement decisions By Laurence Kotlikoff Members of Generations X and Y have important Social Security decisions to consider -- now. When and which benefits their parents and grandparents collect is just as much their concern. Photo courtesy of Lyza Danger. Continue reading
Nov 11 Gen X and Y, It’s Time to Make Your Social Security Retirement Decisions By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff Members of Generations X and Y need to be involved in their parents' and grandparents' Social Security collection decisions. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Lyza Danger. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his… Continue reading
Nov 08 The secret to airport workers not losing your luggage By Paul Solman // In our fifth and final web exclusive on SeaTac, Wash.'s, ballot initiative to increase the minimum wage, we examine how paying airport workers a living wage could make air travel a lot smoother for everyone. Continue reading
Nov 08 The Secret to Airport Workers not Losing Your Luggage By Paul Solman // In our fifth and final web exclusive on SeaTac, Wash.'s, ballot initiative to increase the minimum wage, we examine how paying airport workers a living wage could make air travel a lot smoother for everyone. What does SeaTac, Wash.'s,… Continue reading
Nov 08 264,000 jobs added but 700,000 fewer Americans employed? By Paul Solman Perplexing even seasoned analysts, Friday's jobs report showed a bigger-than-expected gain in jobs, while the unemployment rate rose slightly, although 7.3 percent was lower than some expected given last month's government furloughs. So what's going on with the data and… Continue reading
Nov 08 264,000 Jobs Added but 700,000 Fewer Americans Employed? By Paul Solman By Paul Solman If you're a would-be analyst of the monthly unemployment data, Nov. 8 is a day to try men's souls. That's because the government's two monthly surveys -- one of actual people (the "household survey") and the… Continue reading
Nov 07 More like Germany: The living wage nears a win in suburban Seattle By Paul Solman // A higher minimum wage in SeaTac, Wash., would close youth and immigrants out of entry-level jobs, argue small business owners like Mike West. Raising it to $15 an hour at the airport could divert employees away from surrounding… Continue reading
Nov 07 More Like Germany: The Living Wage Nears a Win in Suburban Seattle By Paul Solman // A higher minimum wage in SeaTac, Wash., would close youth and immigrants out of entry-level jobs, argue small business owners like Mike West. Raising it to $15 an hour at the airport could divert employees away from surrounding… Continue reading
Nov 06 A ‘sky-high’ minimum wage: Is SeaTac doomed to become the next Detroit? By Paul Solman // A living wage is a win for all workers, right? In Tuesday's Making Sen$e story on a $15-an-hour minimum wage ballot initiative in SeaTac, Wash., Paul Solman spoke with Seattle-Tacoma airport workers who have trouble getting by on… Continue reading