May 09 Seven Tips for the Reluctant Senior Entrepreneur By Judi Henderson-Townsend Two "senior" entrepreneurs (women in their 50s) explain how to overcome the reluctance to start your own business when you're older. These days, entrepreneurship is simply self-reliance, they explain. // NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on late bloomers who… Continue reading
May 09 Seven Tips for the Reluctant Senior Entrepreneur By Judi Henderson-Townsend By Judi Henderson-Townsend and Cynthia Mackey Two "senior" entrepreneurs (women in their 50s) explain how to overcome the reluctance to start your own business when you're older. These days, entrepreneurship is simply self-reliance, they explain. // NewsHour economics correspondent Paul… Continue reading
May 08 Watch Treasury Secretary Lew on Long-Term Unemployment, Party Divide on Spending Cuts Treasury Secretary Lew on Long-Term Unemployment, Party Divide on Spending Cuts… Continue watching
May 08 The Stockholm Syndrome and Printing Money By Terry Burnham A note from Paul Solman: Former Goldman Sachs trader, biotech entrepreneur, money manager and economics professor at Harvard's Business School and Kennedy School of Government (where he taught me microeconomics), Terry Burnham, now teaching at Chapman College, is best known… Continue reading
May 08 The Stockholm Syndrome and Printing Money By Terry Burnham By Terry Burnham A note from Paul Solman: Former Goldman Sachs trader, biotech entrepreneur, money manager and economics professor at Harvard's Business School and Kennedy School of Government (where he taught me microeconomics), Terry Burnham, now teaching at Chapman College,… Continue reading
May 06 How Underfunded is Social Security and How Might It Be Fixed? By Laurence Kotlikoff Social Security expert Larry Kotlikoff makes the case that the program is $220 trillion in the hole. Counter-expert Alicia Munnell disagrees, and shows how little it would take to fill the hole. Photo by Flickr user Fabricator of Useless Articles/Creative… Continue reading
May 06 How Underfunded Is Social Security and How Might It Be Fixed? By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff Social Security expert Larry Kotlikoff makes the case that the program is $220 trillion in the hole. Counter-expert Alicia Munnell disagrees, and shows how little it would take to fill the hole. Photo by Flickr user Fabricator… Continue reading
May 03 Watch 10:36 Brutal Job Search Reality for Older Americans Out of Work for Six Months or More By PBS News Hour Despite a rosier jobs picture in April, for Americans ages 55 or older who have been unemployed long-term, the prospect of finding work is greatly limited. Economic correspondent Paul Solman explores why older workers face joblessness and considerable financial strain. Continue watching
May 03 Watch April Hiring Increase Shows Signs of Economic Healing Despite Spending Cuts April Hiring Increase Shows Signs of Economic Healing Despite Spending Cuts… Continue watching
May 02 What Are the Risks of Low Interest Rates? By Paul Solman When the Federal Reserve buys up Treasury bonds to keep interest rates low, is this risky? Paul Solman answers a reader's question on the potential consequences and explains why this Federal Reserve practice -- known as "quantitative easing" -- may… Continue reading