May 10 The One Safe Investment and Why You Never Hear About It Economist Zvi Bodie, perhaps the country's foremost expert on pension finance, insists that every American at least consider an investment that financial advisors almost never mention. Photo by Peter Gridley/Getty Images. A note from Paul Solman: Zvi Bodie has… Continue reading
May 10 The One Safe Investment and Why You Never Hear About It From Financial Advisors By Zvi Bodie Economist Zvi Bodie, perhaps the country's foremost expert on pension finance, insists that every American at least consider an investment that financial advisors almost never mention. Photo by Peter Gridley/Getty Images. A note from Paul Solman:… Continue reading
May 09 Seven Tips for the Reluctant Senior Entrepreneur By Judi Henderson-Townsend Two "senior" entrepreneurs (women in their 50s) explain how to overcome the reluctance to start your own business when you're older. These days, entrepreneurship is simply self-reliance, they explain. // NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on late bloomers who… Continue reading
May 09 Seven Tips for the Reluctant Senior Entrepreneur By Judi Henderson-Townsend By Judi Henderson-Townsend and Cynthia Mackey Two "senior" entrepreneurs (women in their 50s) explain how to overcome the reluctance to start your own business when you're older. These days, entrepreneurship is simply self-reliance, they explain. // NewsHour economics correspondent Paul… Continue reading
May 08 The Stockholm Syndrome and Printing Money By Terry Burnham A note from Paul Solman: Former Goldman Sachs trader, biotech entrepreneur, money manager and economics professor at Harvard's Business School and Kennedy School of Government (where he taught me microeconomics), Terry Burnham, now teaching at Chapman College, is best known… Continue reading
May 08 The Stockholm Syndrome and Printing Money By Terry Burnham By Terry Burnham A note from Paul Solman: Former Goldman Sachs trader, biotech entrepreneur, money manager and economics professor at Harvard's Business School and Kennedy School of Government (where he taught me microeconomics), Terry Burnham, now teaching at Chapman College,… Continue reading
May 06 How Underfunded is Social Security and How Might It Be Fixed? By Laurence Kotlikoff Social Security expert Larry Kotlikoff makes the case that the program is $220 trillion in the hole. Counter-expert Alicia Munnell disagrees, and shows how little it would take to fill the hole. Photo by Flickr user Fabricator of Useless Articles/Creative… Continue reading
May 06 How Underfunded Is Social Security and How Might It Be Fixed? By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff Social Security expert Larry Kotlikoff makes the case that the program is $220 trillion in the hole. Counter-expert Alicia Munnell disagrees, and shows how little it would take to fill the hole. Photo by Flickr user Fabricator… Continue reading
May 02 What Are the Risks of Low Interest Rates? By Paul Solman When the Federal Reserve buys up Treasury bonds to keep interest rates low, is this risky? Paul Solman answers a reader's question on the potential consequences and explains why this Federal Reserve practice -- known as "quantitative easing" -- may… Continue reading
May 02 What Are the Risks of Low Interest Rates? By Paul Solman By Paul Solman When the Federal Reserve buys up Treasury bonds to keep interest rates low, is this risky? Paul Solman answers a reader's question on the potential consequences and explains why this Federal Reserve practice -- known as "quantitative… Continue reading