Apr 24 Why Older Entrepreneurs Are Crucial, Even in Silicon Valley By Vivek Wadhwa Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg founded his social media website from his dorm room at Harvard University when he was only 19 years old. As Silicon Valley investors search for the next "Zuckerberg," they increasingly maintain a prejudice against older entrepreneurs. Continue reading
Apr 23 How to Transition From Military to Civilian Work Without a Resume By Nick Corcodilos Jobless veterans take a class at the new Workforce1 Veterans Career Center in New York. The center offers area veterans assistance in their job search, help with resumes and classes on how to perfect the interview process. Photo by Spencer… Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch A Boom in Entrepreneurship, Self-Employment Among Late Bloomers A Boom in Entrepreneurship, Self-Employment Among Late Bloomers… Continue watching
Apr 22 How to Start a Senior Business for ‘Dummies’ By Diane Lincoln Estes // We interviewed Judi Henderson-Townsend, the owner of Mannequin Madness, for our story on senior entrepreneurs, airing on the Monday broadcast of PBS NewsHour. Surrounded by "stiffs" in an Oakland, Calif., warehouse, Henderson-Townsend told us how she got into… Continue reading
Apr 22 How to Start a Senior Business for ‘Dummies’ By Diane Lincoln Estes By Diane Lincoln Estes and Paul Solman // We interviewed Judi Henderson-Townsend, the owner of Mannequin Madness, for our story on senior entrepreneurs, airing on the Monday broadcast of PBS NewsHour. Surrounded by "stiffs" in an Oakland, Calif., warehouse,… Continue reading
Apr 22 Why You Should Never Wait Until After 70 to Take Social Security By Laurence Kotlikoff *Larry Kotlikoff's [Social Security original 34 "secrets"](http://www.pbs.org/ newshour/businessdesk/2012/07/social-security-secrets-you-ne.html), his [**additional secrets**](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2012/08/on-the-qt-a-few-more- social-se.html), his Social Security ["mistakes"](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2012/08/11-social-security-mistakes-pe.html) and his [**Social Security gotchas**](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2012/09/ten-of-the-worst-social- security-gotchas.html) have prompted so many of you to write in that we now feature "Ask Larry" every Monday.* *We… Continue reading
Apr 22 Why You Should Never Wait Until After 70 to Take Social Security By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff *Larry Kotlikoff's [Social Security original 34 "secrets"](http://www.pbs.org/ newshour/businessdesk/2012/07/social-security-secrets-you-ne.html), his [**additional secrets**](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2012/08/on-the-qt-a-few-more- social-se.html), his Social Security ["mistakes"](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2012/08/11-social-security-mistakes-pe.html) and his [**Social Security gotchas**](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2012/09/ten-of-the-worst-social- security-gotchas.html) have prompted so many of you to write in that we now feature "Ask Larry"… Continue reading
Apr 19 Why Paul Krugman, Others Think Reinhart and Rogoff Are Wrong About Debt By Paul Solman Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Instead of answering any questions Friday, I should probably address the hot topic in the world of economics this week and the subject of Paul Krugman's column in The New York Times… Continue reading
Apr 19 Why Paul Krugman, Others Think Reinhart and Rogoff Are Wrong About Debt By Paul Solman By Paul Solman Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Instead of answering any questions Friday, I should probably address the hot topic in the world of economics this week and the subject of Paul Krugman's column in The… Continue reading
Apr 18 The Chosen Few: A New Explanation of Jewish Success By mbotticini A note from Paul Solman: Nine years ago, someone sent me an academic paper that put forward a radically new explanation of why Jews have been so successful economically. Written by economists Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein, the paper explained… Continue reading