Apr 22 An explanation for the rise in CEO pay? Stable option grants By Making Sen$e Editor When a company's stock price is rising, granting the same number of at-the-money stock options every year amounts to increasing compensation. Continue reading
Apr 21 Watch 9:27 Can a tax help cut down greenhouse gas pollution? By PBS News Hour Is making pollution expensive the best way to combat climate change? Economist Yoram Bauman thinks so -- he’s spearheading a campaign for a carbon tax in Seattle. But the proposal is raising opposition, and has brought together some unlikely bedfellows… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch 5:59 Why trade and globalization concerns are resonating with voters at home By PBS News Hour The issue of trade, and whether our deals are helping or hurting American workers, is resonating with many prospective voters this election season. For a closer look at how U.S. trade policy is playing out in the presidential race, Hari… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch 45:12 PBS NewsHour full episode April 21, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, controversies over rules dominate the day on the campaign trail. Also: Inside the electoral battles for Pennsylvania and Maryland, how trade policy is playing out in the race for the White House, why the U.S.-Saudi relationship… Continue watching
Apr 21 Washington state’s carbon-tax plan, cartoonified By Yoram Bauman In Washington state, a grassroots campaign to tax carbon emissions has gained steam. But how does a carbon tax work? For that, we turn to cartoons. Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch 53:14 PBS NewsHour full episode April 20, 2016 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, trailing presidential candidates vow to fight on despite big losses in New York. Also: Where the race for the White House goes from here, adding Harriet Tubman to the $20 bill, the Supreme Court considers controversial… Continue watching
Apr 20 In the age of the Panama Papers, is Bitcoin technology the future? By Vikram Mansharamani The Panama Papers raise an age-old debate on how to balance privacy and transparency. Is Bitcoin technology, known as "blockchain," the answer?… Continue reading
Apr 20 How two cities organized their elite enclaves By Charles Murray A handful of ZIP codes illustrate how very differently Minneapolis-St. Paul and the Washington metropolitan area have organized into elite enclaves. Continue reading
Apr 19 Just 10 days left to meet Social Security’s April 29 deadline By Laurence Kotlikoff If your optimal Social Security lifetime benefit maximization strategy requires you to file for retirement benefits and immediately suspend them, make sure you do so by April 29. Continue reading
Apr 18 Watch 7:16 IRS commissioner: Funding cuts hinder security, efficiency By PBS News Hour The IRS is facing tougher scrutiny than ever from Congress. Last week, lawmakers repeatedly pressed IRS Commissioner John Koskinen on why the agency wasn't moving faster to improve cybersecurity, after hackers were able to breach its computers last year. Koskinen… Continue watching