Sep 16 When to take Social Security when you expect your spouse to outlive you By Laurence Kotlikoff When should you take full retirement and spousal benefits if one spouse could die much sooner than the other? You may want to wait to collect your retirement benefit to maximize your spouse's survivor benefit. Photo courtesy of Flickr user… Continue reading
Sep 16 60 percent: the likelihood the government will shutdown this month .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Video by The Washington… Continue reading
Sep 16 When to Take Social Security When You Expect Your Spouse to Outlive You By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff When should you take full retirement and spousal benefits if one spouse is expected to die much sooner than the other? Photo courtesy of Flickr user Jon Pinder. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his… Continue reading
Sep 16 Three traits to ace the GMAT and run an unethical business By Simone Pathe Do you have what it takes to score well on the GMAT? New research suggests high scores are associated with less of a tendency for ethical and entrepreneurial business activity. Photo courtesy of Flickr user bitslice cipher. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch Remembering the Day When the American Financial System Began to Crumble In September 2008, the global financial markets were melting down and banking giants teetered on the brink. Judy Woodruff recounts how the U.S. government responded in shoring up the financial sector, and, five years later, how some Americans remain angry… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Five Years On: Lessons Learned from the Collapse? On the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Heidi Moore, The Guardian's US finance and economics editor, speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about what the United States has (or hasn't) done to prevent another financial collapse and how regulations… Continue watching
Sep 15 Three Traits to Ace the GMAT and Run an Unethical Business By Simone Pathe Higher GMAT scores are associated with cultural traits that may lead to unethical business behavior. Photo courtesy of Flickr user bitslice cipher. Didn't do so well on the GMAT? You may be a more ethical and entrepreneurial business leader for… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch Five Years Later: How Americans Are Feeling About the Economy A survey showing many Americans continue to worry about making ends meet in the US economy… Continue watching
Sep 14 Poll: Number of Americans who self-identify as poor doubles in 15 years New findings about the economy surfaced in a poll released this week by the Wall Street Journal and NBC news. ? Graphic: NewsHour Weekend Responses to the question "What worries you the most?" included some familiar concerns: access to… Continue reading
Sep 13 A new tax to raise money for the US and slow high-frequency trading With Congress dueling over spending plans ahead of the Oct. 1 deadline to avert a government shutdown, Mark Rosenman makes the case for a new revenue-generating measure: a financial transaction tax. Photo courtesy of Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images. Continue reading