Feb 14 The Man and the Thinking Behind the Minimum Wage Hike By Paul Solman President Obama is pushing a controversial hike in the minimum wage. It is surely no coincidence that his chief economic advisor is Alan Krueger, an economist who became famous in the 1990s for research supporting minimum wage hikes. Continue reading
Feb 13 Obama Says We Must Never Default, But Would It Really Hurt Us If We Did? By Paul Solman After defaulting on their debts in the 1840s, state governments, like Pennsylvania's, learned to disallow budget shortfalls. This is the lesson that we should learn from history and never repeat. Photo by Flickr user Brendan Lynch. Paul Solman: President Obama… Continue reading
Feb 13 Obama Says We Must Never Default, But Would It Really Hurt Us If We Did? By Paul Solman After defaulting on their debts in the 1800s, state governments, like Pennsylvania's, learned to disallow budget shortfalls. This is the lesson that we should learn from history and never repeat. Photo by Flickr user Brendan Lynch. Paul Solman: President Obama… Continue reading
Feb 11 Ask Larry: What’s the Best Age to Take Spousal or Survivor Benefits? By Paul Solman Photo by Flickr user GabeB. *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… Continue reading
Feb 11 Ask Larry: What’s the Best Age to Take Spousal or Survivor Benefits? By Paul Solman Photo by Flickr user GabeB. *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… Continue reading
Feb 08 Why We Should Kill the American Penny By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from Next Avenue readers about what the U.S. Mint can learn from Canada about the penny and why Germany is pulling their gold from the New York Fed. Photo by Flickr user hto2008. Continue reading
Feb 08 Why We Should Kill the American Penny By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from Next Avenue readers about what the U.S. Mint can learn from Canada about the penny and why Germany is pulling their gold from the New York Fed. Photo by Flickr user hto2008. Continue reading
Feb 07 The Youth Unemployment Crisis: A Fix that Works and Pays for Itself By Paul Solman Economist Bob Lerman proposes a solution to the youth unemployment crisis in the United States arguing the quickest way to getting unemployed kids off the streets and onto the payroll is through work apprenticeships. Unlike internships, apprenticeships train… Continue reading
Feb 07 The Youth Unemployment Crisis: A Fix that Works and Pays for Itself By Robert Lerman Economist Bob Lerman proposes a solution to the youth unemployment crisis in the United States. Lerman argues the quickest way to getting unemployed kids off the streets and onto the payroll is through work apprenticeships. Unlike… Continue reading
Feb 06 What Good Do Money Management Firms Have to Offer? When a feline can pick stocks better than a human, money manager Jon Shayne argues there are still very good reasons to have money management firms actively pick stocks and invest your money. Photo by Tom Noser. Continue reading