Oct 17 Why Not Spend Even More on Health Care? A nurse paying a house call to an elderly patient. Photo by John Moore via Getty Images. Ed Beardsworth: If Revlon sells an extra $1 billion worth of lipstick, that's a good thing. That adds to GDP, etc. If… Continue reading
Oct 17 How to Make Money on the Presidential Prediction Markets By Paul Solman Mitt Romney and President Obama point fingers during the second presidential debate at Hofstra Univesity in New York. Photo by Charlie Neibergall/AP/New York Daily News. We first reported on presidential prediction markets in a favorite story of ours… Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch What Happens to a Dream ‘Betrayed?’ Authors Blame Trade for Middle Class Demise What Happens to a Dream 'Betrayed?' Authors Blame Trade for Middle Class Demise… Continue watching
Oct 15 Ask Larry: ‘Can I Get Medicaid Without Losing Social Security Benefits?’ A Doctor Examines A Senior Patient. Photo by Mario Villafuerte via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security "secrets" and his answers to your questions (here, here and here) have prompted so many of you to… Continue reading
Oct 15 Ask Larry: ‘Can I Get Medicaid Without Losing Social Security Benefits?’ A Doctor Examines A Senior Patient. Photo by Mario Villafuerte via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security "secrets" and his answers to your questions (here, here and here) have prompted so many of you to… Continue reading
Oct 12 Why the President Is Still a Heavy Favorite on the Prediction Markets By Paul Solman Ohio -- which has remained Obama friendly -- is one of three key states where Romney needs to gain support in order to swing the election in his favor. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images On the NewsHour tonight we explore… Continue reading
Oct 12 Why the President Is Still a Heavy Favorite on the Prediction Markets By Paul Solman Ohio -- which has remained Obama friendly -- is one of three key states where Romney needs to gain support in order to swing the election in his favor. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images On the NewsHour tonight we explore… Continue reading
Oct 11 America’s Best Kept Financial Secret: I Bonds Photo of Social Security Checks at the U.S. Treasury. By William Thomas Cain/Getty Images Boston University finance guru should need no introduction to readers of this page, but for those who would like one, here it is. Continue reading
Oct 11 America’s Best Kept Financial Secret: I Bonds Photo of Social Security Checks at the U.S. Treasury. By William Thomas Cain/Getty Images Boston University finance guru should need no introduction to readers of this page, but for those who would like one, here it is. Continue reading
Oct 10 American Ideology? There Is No Such Thing By Paul Solman American flags at the U.S. Capitol. Photo by: Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images Distinguished Fellow in Grand Strategy and Senior Lecturer Charles Hill has been on the Yale faculty since the mid-'90s after a long career in the U.S. Foreign… Continue reading