Making Sen$e

Column: 8 ways employees can thrive while labor unions decline

By Douglas P. McCormick

While collective bargaining used to produce large gains for workers, entrepreneurship is now a worker’s most powerful tool for long-term career success and financial prosperity.

The economy is steadily improving, but wages aren’t. Could unions be the answer?

By Kristen Doerer

The U.S. economy added 151,000 jobs in August, but wages barely increased.

Column: GDP is a useful measurement, but it doesn’t show the whole picture

By Vikram Mansharamani

The size of the pie says nothing about how income is distributed.

What’s Clinton’s position on trade? She’s ‘standing with us,’ says Sherrod Brown

By Paul Solman

Economics correspondent Paul Solman traveled to the Keystone suit plant outside of Cleveland, Ohio, to discuss Hillary Clinton's stance on trade with Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown…

Medicare won’t cover a procedure I need. Can I get private insurance?

By Philip Moeller

If Medicare won't cover a procedure you need, what are your options?…

Column: What’s making students ‘less resilient’?

By Denise Cummins

The most frequently cited culprits implicated in declining student resilience are "helicopter parenting" and an overly regimented K-12 education system. Yet feedback from parents and students tell a very different story — one in which the economy plays a starring…

Can cash incentives reduce deforestation in rural Uganda?

By Making Sen$e Editor

A pilot program, which paid households in 60 villages to refrain from cutting down trees, put a significant dent in the pace of deforestation in the test area.

What is the Trump trade doctrine? His economic adviser explains

By Paul Solman

"Donald Trump is not a protectionist. If he imposes tariffs on China or any other country that cheats, all he wants to do is defend America against unfair trade practices," says economist Peter Navarro.

With final peace deal, Colombia’s economic prospects are bright

By Vikram Mansharamani

Colombia's peace deal could open up significant opportunities in tourism and mining, and the country has a wealth of agricultural land waiting to be put to use.

Column: Will increasing longevity change the way you live?

By Philip Moeller

We already are seeing a sustained deferral of marriage and childbearing decisions until later ages. If you knew you were going to live to 100, how would it affect the way you live your life?…