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
Nov 05 The hidden threat to air travel: Unpaid sick leave By Paul Solman // An initiative on the ballot in SeaTac, Wash., asks voters if they want to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour -- that's about twice the federal minimum -- and it's part of our Making Sen$e story… Continue reading
Nov 05 The Hidden Threat to Air Travel: Unpaid Sick Leave By Paul Solman // An initiative on the ballot in SeaTac, Wash., asks voters if they want to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour -- that's about twice the federal minimum -- and it's part of our Making Sen$e story… Continue reading
Nov 04 How much do you need to survive: An interactive guide to the living wage // Ahead of his Making Sen$e story on the living wage, Paul Solman speaks with Diana Pearce, creator of the Self-Sufficiency Standard, in this web exclusive video about the bare minimum it takes to survive on your own. Continue reading
Nov 04 How Much Do You Need to Survive: An Interactive Guide to the Living Wage // Monday on the PBS NewsHour, senior correspondent Hari Sreenivasan follows a New York City fast-food worker to get a sense of what it's like to live paycheck-to-paycheck. But just how much is enough to survive on? For our… Continue reading
Nov 04 How Social Security keeps divorcées and widows in the dark about their benefits By Laurence Kotlikoff Social Security cites misguided "privacy" restrictions, Larry Kotlikoff argues, for not sharing information about former spouses' earnings records with surviving and ex-spouses. Photo courtesy of Flickr user João Ferreira. Continue reading
Nov 04 How Social Security Keeps Divorcées and Widows in the Dark About Their Benefits By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff Social Security cites misguided "privacy" restrictions, Larry Kotlikoff argues, for not sharing information about former spouses' earnings records with surviving and ex-spouses. Photo courtesy of Flickr user João Ferreira. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34… Continue reading
Nov 01 Financial immunization against poverty in old age By Paul Solman The key for older people managing money, whether or not their kids are involved, is to make sure they don't outlive their savings. Image courtesy of Flickr user 401(K) 2013. Continue reading
Nov 01 Financial Immunization Against Poverty in Old Age By Paul Solman By Paul Solman The key for older people managing money, whether or not their kids are involved, is to make sure they don't outlive their savings. Image courtesy of Flickr user 401(K) 2013. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from… Continue reading
Oct 31 The Three Reasons Countries Get Rich: Location, Location and Location By Simone Pathe It’s an age-old question: why are some countries richer than others? And why are some countries still mired in poverty while the United States and Europe struggle with “first-world problems”? For decades, economists have pointed to the impact of political… Continue reading