Jun 13 China Needs Milk and California Has Too Much. Is It a Match? By Larisa Epatko California dairy farmers are pumping out milk at higher rates each year to try to make a profit in light of the rising associated costs of corn and soy used in cow feed. Continue reading
Jun 13 How I Stumbled Into My Encore Career By Paul Solman Retired economics professor Mary Huff Stevenson leads a Zumba Gold ® class at the Brookline Senior Center outside Boston. Photos by Amara Cohen. Professor Emerita of Economics (University of Massachusetts, Boston) Mary Huff Stevenson is an exceptionally astute old friend… Continue reading
Jun 13 How I Stumbled Into My Encore Career By Paul Solman By Paul Solman Retired economics professor Mary Huff Stevenson leads a Zumba Gold ® class at the Brookline Senior Center outside Boston. Photos by Amara Cohen. Professor Emerita of Economics (University of Massachusetts, Boston) Mary Huff Stevenson is an exceptionally… Continue reading
Jun 12 Reinventing Old Age: The Good We Do When We Work Forever 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 average age is… Continue reading
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