Feb 08 My employer health insurance is unaffordable. Should I get Medicare? By Philip Moeller While you do not have to get Medicare, because you’re covered by an employer plan, you always are free to drop your employer plan and get Medicare instead. Continue reading
Feb 07 Vizio tracked, sold user data from millions of smart TVs, says FTC By Dayana Morales Gomez Smart device company will pay $2.2 million in a settlement that for the first time classifies individual television viewing as "sensitive information."… Continue reading
Feb 07 How the housing crisis boxed in some job seekers By Making Sen$e Editor When job searchers were constrained geographically due to the "lock in" effect of lower home values, they were more likely to apply for lower-level and lower-paying positions within their commuting zone. Continue reading
Feb 07 Column: Should companies stay politically neutral? By Daniel Korschun Most people think it's bad for business when companies speak out. But Daniel Korschun says research shows otherwise. Continue reading
Feb 07 Trump advisers’ tax credit plan for infrastructure has risks By Joan Lowy and David A. Lieb, Associated Press President Donald Trump has promised to revitalize America's aging roads, bridges, railways and airports, but a plan put forward by his economic advisers relies on a transportation financing scheme that hasn't been tried before and comes with significant risks. Continue reading
Feb 06 Column: How the backlash to globalization could hurt the middle class By Vikram Mansharamani A rapidly growing global middle class is generating rising demand for refrigerators, computers, air conditioners and smartphones. And thanks to globalization and trade, these power-hungry goods are accessible. But what happens if the backlash against free trade grows?… Continue reading
Feb 05 Boycotts, Trump’s tirades part of new business landscape By Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press The Trump era is a perilous new landscape for corporate America. Companies are feeling political pressure like never before, squeezed on one side by consumers who are boycotting products with any ties to the administration and on the other by… Continue reading
Feb 03 With steady job creation in January, slow wage growth still puzzles By Kristen Doerer Wage growth "has been the unfinished work of this economic recovery,” said Mark Hamrick. “It helps to explain the remaining level of dissatisfaction among Americans with the economy.”… Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch 3:29 How Warren Buffett’s fortune is going directly to those in need By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, when billionaire businessman Warren Buffett announced he was giving away much of his fortune, letters began pouring in from people asking for help. His older sister has taken on responding to their… Continue watching
Feb 02 Column: Is our trade deficit a problem? By Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Euijin Jung Withdrawal from Trans-Pacific Partnership, renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement and launching trade actions against China ensure political headlines, but they will not make much difference to the global U.S. trade deficit. Nor will they bring more jobs… Continue reading