Making Sen$e

Is a Progressive Flat Tax an Oxymoron?

A protestor wears stickers on his face during a tax day demonstration April 17, 2012 in New York City. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on…

On the QT: A Few More Social Security Secrets

Why this picture? Because our Social Security expert, Laurence Kotlikoff, sometimes advises older couples to get married only after age 60 in order to collect maximum benefits. Photo by Annie Griffiths Belt, National Geographic collection via Getty Images.

On the QT: A Few More Social Security Secrets

Revisiting Bernini, Master of Marble

The trigger for this post is the publication of a new book on Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, "Bernini's Beloved: A Portrait of Costanza Piccolomini." The author, Emory University art historian Sarah McPhee, is the daughter of New…

Revisiting Bernini, Master of Marble

Can Families with Small Kids Cut the Boarding Line?

United Airlines planes parked at the terminal at San Francisco International Airport. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here…

Can Families with Small Kids Cut the Boarding Line?

Your Social Security Questions, Answered

Retirement expert Laurence Kotlikoff answers more of your Social Security questions, including what to do before reaching 70, the full retirement age. Photo by Purestock via Getty Images. Editor's Note | This post was updated after publishing. Larry Kotlikoff's…

Your Social Security Questions, Answered

What Student Loan “Crisis”?

We reported on student loan debt in a pair of stories earlier this year: "The State Of Student Loans: More Debt, More Defaults, More Problems" and "Student Loan Debt: To Pay or Not to Pay?" Paul Solman…