Sep 20 Does Medicare make sense for seniors with employer health coverage? By Philip Moeller In the past, I usually told employees turning 65 that they did not have to get Medicare and could simply keep their employer plans. My thinking has changed. Continue reading
Sep 18 Column: What’s wrong with the Harvard Business School and American business By Bruce Scott Harvard Business School professor emeritus Bruce Scott argues for reforms to the school that he claims could benefit the U.S. economy. Continue reading
Sep 18 Graduate programs have become a cash cow for struggling colleges. What does that mean for students? By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report Simmons College could barely meet its payroll. Now it has tens of millions of dollars in annual surpluses. So what does this financial solution mean for grad students who face escalating debt?… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 7:54 Are big tech companies trying to control our lives? By PBS News Hour Should we be concerned about the growing power of tech giants? In his book, “World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech,” Franklin Foer says that more than their size, these companies are a threat because of the ways… Continue watching
Sep 14 How tech giants have shredded our privacy and what we should do about it By Sam Lane NewsHour business and economics correspondent Paul Solman sat down recently with Franklin Foer to discuss Foer's new book, “World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech.”… Continue reading
Sep 13 Standard Medigap plans are learning some new tricks By Philip Moeller If you are considering a certain Medigap letter plan, don’t assume that all such plans will offer the same features. Continue reading
Sep 11 Column: Happiness, not endless sacrifice, drives success at work By Dr. Annie McKee Many people are sick to death of their jobs. How can we move from discontent to happiness on the job?… Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch Why everyone should know how to sell By PBS News Hour As school starts back, Carlos Watson hopes that in addition to lessons in math, science and computers, entrepreneurial students are also getting some lessons in salesmanship. The CEO of a digital media company, Watson offers his humble opinion on why… Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch 8:47 How coming clean about financial struggle — and counseling others — became a calling By PBS News Hour Despite a prestigious career and graduate degrees from top schools, Elizabeth White stood at the edge of a financial cliff for many years following the Great Recession. Author of “55, Unemployed, and Faking Normal,” White is among many who have… Continue watching
Sep 07 Column: When the global economy seems to brush off big risks, prudence matters By Vikram Mansharamani August was another month during which asset markets continued to brush off the seemingly ubiquitous geopolitical and other risks facing the global economy. Many markets hit new highs, and virtually every downdraft was met with a wall of buyers eager… Continue reading