Jan 02 Watch 10:41 Bad bargain? Manufactured-home owners feel the financial strain By PBS News Hour Twenty million Americans live in mobile, or manufactured, homes that offer affordable housing, particularly in rural parts of the country. Typically older and poorer than traditional homeowners, manufactured homeowners often face serious, unique financial difficulties that make it a bad… Continue watching
Dec 30 Here's where my 2015 predictions succeeded and failed By Vikram Mansharamani Each year, Vikram Mansharamani produces a set of predictions. Unlike others, he doesn't focus on the coming year and instead looks out five years. Continue reading
Dec 28 When Social Security's advice just doesn't add up By Laurence Kotlikoff Social Security expert Larry Kotlikoff answers your Social Security questions. Continue reading
Dec 25 Watch 6:18 How drug companies are gaming an old law for greater profits By PBS News Hour In the 1980s, a law was passed to persuade pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs for small populations, but now that rule is being used to reclaim old "orphaned" drugs in order to raise prices and profits. Gwen Ifill learns more… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch 8:38 If Santa's workshop was run by behavioral economists By PBS News Hour A pebble that reminds your daughter to take a shorter shower. A device to remind your dad to get up off the couch. Economics correspondent Paul Solman revisits ideas42, a behavioral economics consultancy, to get more gift ideas that could… Continue watching
Dec 23 Unicorns and delusions in Silicon Valley's tech bubble By Vikram Mansharamani The signs of a tech bubble are plain to see. But Silicon Valley doesn’t want to admit it — and average investors are at risk. Continue reading
Dec 21 Is the effective deadline to file and suspend later than everyone thinks? By Laurence Kotlikoff Does a four-month rule mean that more people can file and suspend than was originally thought?… Continue reading
Dec 21 Column: These facts about inequality can't be whitewashed By John Komlos Counting Social Security as 'wealth' avoids the inconvenient truth of inequality, writes economist John Komlos. Continue reading
Dec 19 Obama vetoes GOP attempt to reverse power plant regulations By Michael D. Regan President Barack Obama has vetoed two resolutions passed by Congress that would have halted climate change polices enacted earlier this year. Continue reading
Dec 19 Q&A: Ralph Nader on civil litigation, tort reform and his new museum By Phil Hirschkorn Former presidential candidate Ralph Nadar spoke to PBS NewsHour about civil litigation, tort reform and campaign finance and how they relate to his newest venture, the American Museum of Tort Law. Continue reading