Jan 15 Who's the favorite? The growing trend of uneven inheritance By Making Sen$e Editor Among parents over 50 who reported having wills, the fraction treating their children unequally rose from 16 percent to 35 percent between 1995 and 2010. Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch 8:56 Women over 50? Help not wanted By PBS News Hour Do women face a tougher time finding a job than men as we age? According to economists, women 35 and up are far less likely to be considered for certain jobs than younger women or men of the same age. Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch 5:00 News Wrap: Goldman Sachs to pay $5.1 billion over mortgage practices By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Goldman Sachs agreed to settle long-running federal and state investigations regarding the company's mortgage practices leading up to the 20018 meltdown. Also, 10 more detainees, all from Yemen, have been released from the Guantanamo Bay… Continue watching
Jan 14 Why women over 50 can't find jobs By Teresa Ghilarducci If you’re a woman above the age of 50, you might have had some difficulty finding work since 2008. Here's why. Continue reading
Jan 13 The one line that brought both sides of the aisle to their feet during the State of the Union By Paul Solman It would be good for Democrats if they realized the extent to which this line resonated, and not only in the hall of Congress. Continue reading
Jan 13 Like it or not, we're all in the same Medicare boat By Philip Moeller The Medicare boat may be leaky and full of unclear and even unfair rules, but we all need to be in it to help the system survive. Continue reading
Jan 12 Obama: Anyone claiming America's economy is in decline 'peddling fiction' By Kristen Doerer In President Barack Obama's last State of the Union address, he extolled the country’s economic recovery, but noted that some Americans are still feeling the brunt of a quickly changing, global economy. It’s an economy, he noted, that increasingly profits… Continue reading
Jan 12 The chances of winning Powerball are 1 in 292 million. So why play? By Vikram Mansharamani I don’t gamble in Las Vegas to win money — I expect to lose money, viewing it as the cost of entertainment. Continue reading
Jan 12 Senate rejects Rand Paul's 'Audit the Fed' legislation By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press The Senate on Tuesday blocked legislation calling for tougher audits of the Federal Reserve. Continue reading
Jan 12 Move over Big Mac, the Mini Mac Index is here to stay By Benn Steil, Emma Smith The “law of one price” holds that identical goods should trade for the same price in an efficient market. But to what extent does it actually hold internationally?… Continue reading