Dec 14 Column: What you need to know about file and suspend under the new Social Security rules By Laurence Kotlikoff Under the new Social Security rules, not every one should try to file and suspend. Social Security expert Larry Kotlikoff explains. Continue reading
Dec 14 How to run a meeting that doesn't suck By Vikram Mansharamani Meetings have a terrible reputation in business and for understandable reasons. Continue reading
Dec 11 Does the EB-5 visa program take advantage of investors? By Kristen Doerer Wealthy foreigners have invested $500,000 each into Vermont's Jay Peak Resort through the EB-5 immigrant investor program. Now, they aren't so sure they will get their money back. Continue reading
Dec 10 Watch Is this job-creating foreign investment project too good to be true? By PBS News Hour In northeastern Vermont, a half-billion dollar development is helping to transform a lagging economy into the state's job-creation leader. It seems like a win for tourists and for foreign investors, who put up the money in return for green cards… Continue watching
Dec 10 Column: Can Medicare step up and do the right thing here? By Philip Moeller Medicare Maven Phil Moeller answers your Medicare questions. Continue reading
Dec 09 10 things you didn't know about 'immigration for the 1 percent' By Kristen Doerer If you’re a wealthy foreigner with half a million dollars to spare, you can jump to the front of the line to come to the U.S. The EB-5, a little-known employment-based visa program for foreign investors, has soared in popularity… Continue reading
Dec 09 Column: Ignore this piece of advice from Social Security to get maximum coverage By Laurence Kotlikoff Approach your longevity risk like you'd approach any other kind of insurable risk. In this case, it means waiting to collect much higher benefits. Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch 8:25 Should Congress rein in this controversial visa program? By PBS News Hour The EB-5 visa program allows foreign investors to obtain green cards, provided they invest $500,000 to $1 million. The program is up for reauthorization in Congress, and as economics correspondent Paul Solman reports, there is some controversy over whether or… Continue watching
Dec 07 Clinton offers new 'exit tax' on U.S.-foreign company mergers By Lisa Lerer, Associated Press Hillary Clinton on Wednesday will unveil a proposal for a new "exit tax" aimed at cracking down on corporate inversions, a practice that permits U.S. companies to merge with corporations overseas to lower their tax bill. Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch 9:15 New report finds Americans lack economic mobility, opportunity By PBS News Hour A striking lack of economic mobility exists in America, according to a new report released this week by the Brookings Institute and the American Enterprise Institute. Authors of the report, Kay Hymowitz and Larry Aber join NewsHour's Megan Thompson to… Continue watching