Jun 12 Watch How Big a Boost Do Working Seniors Give the Economy? Americans who work past traditional retirement age are extending their productive lives. They're also paying taxes longer, which may have big implications for the country's finances. As part of his Making Sen$e series, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports. Continue watching
Jun 12 Reinventing Old Age: The Good We Do When We Work Forever By Paul Solman By Paul Solman // Paul Solman's piece exploring the contributions of older workers airs on The PBS NewsHour Wednesday. We've been reporting on America's aging workforce on the NewsHour over the past several months, covering the factory where the… Continue reading
Jun 11 Why the Government Should Be Paying You for Your Information By Paul Solman // What if government paid for the information it collected on its citizens? Jaron Lanier, widely regarded as the father of virtual reality and the author of "Who Owns the Future?", suggests that would be one step toward balancing the… Continue reading
Jun 11 From Lecture Hall to Graveyard EmbedVideo(6666, 482, 304); Professor Ronald Stockton is happy leading his classes on long hikes through the cemeteries of metro Detroit. He'll only retire when he can no longer inspire his eager students at the University of Michigan, Dearborn. Ronald… Continue reading
Jun 11 Why Government Should Be Paying You for Your Information By Jaron Lanier What if government paid for the information it collected on its citizens? Jaron Lanier, widely regarded as the father of virtual reality and the author of “Who Owns the Future?”, suggests that would be one step toward balancing the… Continue reading
Jun 10 America’s New Old Workforce: When Your Body Tells You It’s Time to Retire EmbedVideo(6653, 482, 304); Video shot and produced by David Pelcyger. When Floridian Mike Kemp bought a bike store in 2001, he had no problem pulling 40-pound bikes off the top shelf. Now 69 and with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease… Continue reading
Jun 10 Not Everyone Thinks You Should Wait Until 70 to Take Social Security By Laurence Kotlikoff With seniors retiring later and living longer, there are many advantages to waiting until age 70 to collect maximum Social Security benefits. Photo courtesy of Joanne Rathe/The Boston Globe via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets",… Continue reading
Jun 10 Not Everyone Thinks You Should Wait Until 70 to Take Social Security By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff With seniors retiring later and living longer, there are many advantages to waiting until age 70 to collect maximum Social Security benefits. Photo courtesy of Joanne Rathe/The Boston Globe via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security… Continue reading
Jun 10 Bead for Life Participant: Don’t Keep Your Money, Invest It By David Pelcyger EmbedVideo(6568, 482, 304); A co-founder of Bead for Life and its participants talk about the business training program. In 2009, the PBS NewsHour profiled a group, Bead for Life, that trained Ugandan women to start businesses by rolling… Continue reading
Jun 07 Will You Work Forever? EmbedVideo(6642, 482, 304); Video shot and produced by David Pelcyger Next week, PBS NewsHour will launch an interactive project on the so-called "death of retirement." Many of us will continue to work well past the traditional retirement… Continue reading