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By Paul Solman The hardest part of managing a parent's money is figuring out how to make it last. Photo courtesy of Flickr user JBStafford. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on…

// In this 1987 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour report, Paul Solman reported on workers' attempt to buyout the General Dynamics shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, and spoke with Chris Mackin, a leader in the worker ownership movement. Paul Solman: Worker ownership: When I…

By Chris Mackin // In this 1987 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour report, Paul Solman reported on workers' attempt to buyout the General Dynamics shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, and spoke with Chris Mackin, a leader in the worker ownership movement. Paul Solman: Worker…

Aug 27

Syria's Fragmented Future

EmbedVideo(7242, 514, 320); Andrew Tabler, Senior Fellow at the The Washington Institute for Near East Policy joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from Washington DC to discuss the ongoing crisis in Syria. Today White House Spokesman Jay Carney made the administration's…

You can't collect just your spousal benefit before full retirement, explains Larry Kotlikoff. Photo courtesy of Jim McGuire via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security "mistakes" and his…

By Larry Kotlikoff You can't collect just your spousal benefit before full retirement, explains Larry Kotlikoff. Photo courtesy of Jim McGuire via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security…