Nov 08 Greece’s Former Finance Minister Defends Super Mario By Paul Solman Greece's former Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou defends European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi's Outright Monetary Transactions plan. Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images. Earlier today, we featured Boston University economist Laurence "Ask Larry" Kotlikoff on the European crisis and his… Continue reading
Nov 08 Greece’s Former Finance Minister Defends Super Mario By Paul Solman Greece's former Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou defends European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi's Outright Monetary Transactions plan. Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images Earlier today, we featured Boston University economist Laurence "Ask Larry" Kotlikoff on the European crisis and his… Continue reading
Nov 08 The Greek Crisis: Why Super Mario Draghi Can’t Save Europe Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), speaks at a conference in Berlin, Germany. Photo by Sean Gallup via Getty Images. While readers of Making Sen$e and the Rundown know Larry Kotlikoff as our resident… Continue reading
Nov 08 The Greek Crisis: Why Super Mario Draghi Can’t Save Europe Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), speaks at a conference in Berlin, Germany. Photo by Sean Gallup via Getty Images. While readers of Making Sen$e and the Rundown know Larry Kotlikoff as our resident… Continue reading
Nov 07 They All Got it Right: Polls, Markets, and Models By Paul Solman President Barack Obama's election night rally at the McCormick Place convention center in Chicago. Photo by The Washington Post via Getty Images. The polls got it mostly right. Ray Fair's economic model forecast a result well within the final… Continue reading
Nov 06 Why a Romney Win Would Shock the Markets By Paul Solman Presumptive Republican presidential nominee and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop. Photo by Edward Linsmier via Getty Images. As of yesterday, President Obama had already been re-elected. Or so it seemed to Paddy Power, the… Continue reading
Nov 05 Ask Larry: When Do I Get Back What I Paid to SS? Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility. Photo by William Thomas Cain via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security… Continue reading
Nov 05 Ask Larry: When Do I Get Back What I Paid to SS? Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility. Photo by William Thomas Cain via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security… Continue reading
Nov 02 Jobs Up, U-7 Down, Jack Welch Silent (Thus Far) A job seeker reviews listings in the Job Finder at the Rigzone Oil & Gas Career Fair in San Antonio, Texas. Photo by Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty Images. At the risk of incurring Jack Welch's wrath, I am obliged… Continue reading
Nov 02 Jobs Up, U-7 Down, Jack Welch Silent (Thus Far) A job seeker reviews listings in the Job Finder at the Rigzone Oil & Gas Career Fair in San Antonio, Texas. Photo by Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty Images. At the risk of incurring Jack Welch's wrath, I am obliged… Continue reading