May 01 Long-term Unemployment: Is This Blatant Age Discrimination? By Paul Solman Is age discrimination a hushed secret or a blatant action by employers filling vacant jobs? Nick Corcodilos explains why the practice continues despite some companies' worries that they are losing out on the institutional knowledge and experience that older workers… Continue reading
May 01 Long-term Unemployment: Is This Blatant Age Discrimination? By Paul Solman By Paul Solman Is age discrimination a hushed secret or a blatant action by employers filling vacant jobs? Nick Corcodilos explains why the practice continues despite some companies' worries that they are losing out on the institutional knowledge and experience… Continue reading
Apr 30 Ask The Headhunter: The Four Best (Not Easiest!) Ways to Land a Job Photo by David McNew/Getty Images. Nick Corcodilos started headhunting in Silicon Valley in 1979, and has answered over 30,000 questions from the Ask The Headhunter community over the past decade. In this special Making Sense edition… Continue reading
Apr 29 Waiting Until 70 for Social Security: How Long Must You Live to Make it Worth the Wait? By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff If you outlive your life expectancy, economist Larry Kotlikoff says you will want the highest possible Social Security check. If you don't, you won't need one. Image by Tetra Images/Getty Images. *Larry Kotlikoff's [Social Security original 34… Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch Congress Seeks to Eliminate Perk of Online Shopping by Requiring Sales Tax Congress Seeks to Eliminate Perk of Online Shopping by Requiring Sales Tax… Continue watching
Apr 29 Waiting Until 70 for Social Security: How Long Must You Live to Make it Worth the Wait? By Laurence Kotlikoff If you outlive your life expectancy, economist Larry Kotlikoff says you will want the highest possible Social Security check. If you don't, you won't need one. Image by Tetra Images/Getty Images. *Larry Kotlikoff's [Social Security original 34 "secrets"](http://www.pbs.org/ newshour/businessdesk/2012/07/social-security-secrets-you-ne.html), his… Continue reading
Apr 26 The Truth About Entrepreneurs: Twice As Many Are Over 50 As Are Under 25 By Vivek Wadhwa A Note from Paul Solman: In January, PBS NewsHour featured a company where the average age was 74. In March, the graying of academia, with a physicist in his 80s who may be a better teacher than ever. Continue reading
Apr 26 The Truth About Entrepreneurs: Twice As Many Are Over 50 As Are Under 25 By Vivek Wadhwa A Note from Paul Solman: In January, PBS NewsHour featured a company where the average age was 74. In March, the graying of academia, with a physicist in his 80s who may be a better teacher than ever. Continue reading
Apr 25 Will We Ever Get to ‘Full Employment’? By Paul Solman A man enters a Shoe Carnival store in Morton Grove, Ill. Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sense page. Here is Thursday's query:… Continue reading
Apr 25 Will We Ever Get to ‘Full Employment’? By Paul Solman By Paul Solman A man enters a Shoe Carnival store in Morton Grove, Ill. Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sense page. Here… Continue reading