Feb 21 Will my private insurer drop me if I don’t get Medicare? By Philip Moeller A mother writes that the treatment facilities that treat her adult daughter's disorder do not take Medicare. What should they do?… Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 8:03 How a legal loophole benefits neighborhood newcomers while leaving longtime residents behind By PBS News Hour Since banks constricted credit after the 2008 housing bust, they have been slowly increasing the amount they’re lending. But this economic prosperity has not reached everyone. Watch part two of a two-part series by Aaron Glantz of Reveal. Continue watching
Feb 18 Cities pitching diversity in efforts to lure businesses By Corey Williams, Associated Press Some cities and regions are highlighting racial diversity along with positive business climates, competitive tax rates and available land in pitches to lure tech companies and high-paying jobs to town. Continue reading
Feb 18 Latvian member of European Central Bank detained in probe By Carlo Piovano, Associated Press Latvia's top banking official and key member of the European Central Bank was detained Sunday amid accusations of bribery and money laundering in the nation's financial system. Continue reading
Feb 16 Everything you need to know about family-based migration By Susan J. Cohen and Michael W. Klein, The Conversation Current U.S. immigration law severely limits family-based immigration, one of the policies at the heart of the current immigration debate in the Senate. Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 11:13 Struggle for black and Latino mortgage applicants suggests modern-day redlining Ten years since the economic recession, lending has returned for many Americans. Yet the gap between white and black homeownership is wider now than it was in 1960, with signs of modern-day redlining showing up across the country. Special correspondent… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch 7:03 How this artist fantasyland became a New Mexico moneymaker By PBS News Hour Can an immersive, mystery funhouse help revive a state like New Mexico? Economics correspondent Paul Solman visits Meow Wolf, a Santa Fe hippie artist collective turned business that convinced the "Game of Thrones" author to buy and lease them a… Continue watching
Feb 15 Can this booming New Mexico art collective spark economic growth? By Paul Solman The Santa Fe arts collective Meow Wolf is a major job creator in New Mexico, a state that's struggled to recover from the Great Recession. Continue reading
Feb 15 Wall Street sees preschool as an investment opportunity when local governments don’t By Kyle Spencer, The Hechinger Report A new preschool financing method sparks optimism and controversy in a Utah school district, the first in the nation to be financed by private investors who make a profit if enough at-risk kids succeed. Continue reading
Feb 15 Column: How to lose weight with economics, and why it’s so damn hard By Paul Solman People are made up of various subconscious inner selves, and these inner selves compete with each other for control of the organism. Continue reading