Nov 12 Watch 8:45 Given Internet access, can kids really learn anything by themselves? By PBS News Hour It started with a hole in the wall. Sugata Mitra, working for a software company in Delhi, cut a gap between his firm and the slum next door, putting out an Internet-connected computer for kids in the community to use. Continue watching
Nov 12 Large CEO-worker wage gaps are a major consumer turnoff By Max Nesterak Researchers found that people were much more willing to buy products from companies that have smaller CEO-worker wage gaps. Continue reading
Nov 12 Column: 12 secrets to maximizing your Social Security benefits under the new rules By Laurence Kotlikoff If the new Social Security benefit rules are here for good, and they certainly seem to be, what should people do?… Continue reading
Nov 11 Why is shopping for Medicare so complicated? By Philip Moeller Medicare Maven Phil Moeller guides readers through the ins and outs of Medicare. Continue reading
Nov 10 Republican candidates oppose the $15 minimum wage By Julie Bykowicz, Julie Pace, Associated Press "If you raise the minimum, you're going to make people more expensive than a machine," Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said. Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch 6:09 What’s the economic sweet spot for adjusting the federal minimum wage? By PBS News Hour Thousands of workers walked off the job in as many as 270 cities in a push to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, up from $7.25. Gwen Ifill speaks to Alan Krueger of Princeton University, who believes… Continue watching
Nov 10 Column: Why closing Social Security loopholes is good policy By Alicia H. Munnell Social Security is not supposed to be a complicated program where those “in the know” get a much better deal than the average guy. Continue reading
Nov 09 Column: Why the cure for a sluggish economy is actually longer vacations By Dean Baker What if we could boost the economy with longer vacations? Or with paid family leave? With shorter workweeks?… Continue reading
Nov 06 Watch 4:51 News Wrap: October hiring surge pushes down unemployment to seven-year low By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, employers added 271,000 jobs in the month of October, according to the Labor Department. The strong jobs report leaves the door open to a possible interest rate hike next month. Also, the Supreme Court agreed… Continue watching
Nov 06 Do October’s job numbers signal good times (and an interest rate hike) to come? By Kristen Doerer The U.S. economy added 271,000 jobs in October, nudging the unemployment rate down to 5 percent. Continue reading