Oct 10 What Can Bitcoin Buy? No More Heroin, but Baklava and a Dinner Date By Marc Hochstein and Stephen Pair What can Bitcoins get you and how do you make purchases with them? Photo courtesy of Flickr user Rene Walter. Continuing our series of interviews about Bitcoin, which we explored in last week's… Continue reading
Oct 09 A Bitcoin evangelist on the virtues of cryptocurrency As part of our series of conversations on Bitcoin, Jonathan Mohan explains that even if Bitcoin fails, cryptocurrencies are here to stay. Photo courtesy of Flickr user BTC Keychain. Continue reading
Oct 09 A Bitcoin Evangelist on the Virtues of Cryptocurrency By Jonathan Mohan Making Sen$e recently examined Bitcoin and the rise of its mainstream appeal. Paul Solman: Our Bitcoin story on the NewsHour is proving so popular that we've decided to post longer excerpts of our main interviews. Earlier… Continue reading
Oct 09 The mathematician’s defense of Bitcoin: It’s just another option Our Making Sen$e broadcast on the rise of Bitcoin didn't have time to explore every angle. In this transcript of our conversation with Bitcoin Education Project's Charles Hoskinson, he explains why Bitcoin is just another, albeit special, payment option. Continue reading
Oct 09 The Mathematician’s Defense of Bitcoin: It’s Just Another Option Making Sen$e recently examined Bitcoin and the rise of its mainstream appeal. Paul Solman: A fascinating thread of critical comments in response to our Bitcoin story last week prompts this and a series of follow-up posts, including several… Continue reading
Oct 08 America’s children are the silent victims of the Great Recession By Miles Corak The recession has impacted children for the longterm in ways that money can't count, even increasing their likelihood of being physically abused. Photo courtesy of Mario Tama/Getty Images. Continue reading
Oct 08 America’s Children Are the Silent Victims of the Great Recession By Miles Corak The recession has had a negative effect on children's well-being, even increasing their likelihood of being physically abused. Photo courtesy of Mario Tama/Getty Images. Editor's Note: As "The Great Gatsby" lit up silver screens this summer, Miles Corak, professor… Continue reading
Oct 07 Survivor and spousal benefits: How much? And when? By Laurence Kotlikoff Don't assume your spousal benefit will be based on the benefit your spouse receives, which could be more or less than his or her full retirement benefit. Photo by Siri Stafford/Getty Images. Continue reading
Oct 07 Survivor and Spousal Benefits: How Much? And When? By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff Maximizing spousal and survivor benefits is a matter of careful timing. Photo by Siri Stafford/Getty Images Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security "mistakes" and his Social… Continue reading
Oct 07 Ending the health care standoff the right way? By Laurence Kotlikoff Opponents of the Affordable Care Act protest the Supreme Court's June 2012 decision upholding the law. Shutting down the government isn't the right way to ditch the law, Larry Kotlikoff and Vikram Mansharamani argue: it's time to draft legislation from… Continue reading