Jan 23 D.C.’s Funniest Celebrity: More Economics Comedy Routines By Paul Solman Yesterday we featured the econo-comedy of stand-up economist Yoram Bauman at this year's annual convention of dismal scientists. Today we present a few more snippets from the convention's comedy session. Emceeing was University of Chicago economist Austan Goolsbee, a… Continue reading
Jan 23 Hyperinflation in Hell: An Economics Comedy Routine Video courtesy of Yoram Bauman. Known as "the dismal science" for a reason that is itself dismal, economics has a tradition of humor long reliant on a few stock, self-deprecating jokes. A physicist, chemist and economist are… Continue reading
Jan 22 Hyperinflation in Hell: An Economics Comedy Routine By Paul Solman Video courtesy of Yoram Bauman. Known as "the dismal science" for a reason that is itself dismal, economics has a tradition of humor long reliant on a few stock, self-deprecating jokes. A physicist, chemist and economist are stranded… Continue reading
Jan 22 Ask Larry: Is Suspend-and-Collect a Flawed Plan? By Paul Solman Social Security expert Larry Kotlikoff answers readers' questions covering issues from retirement, medicare and more. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security "mistakes" and his Social Security … Continue reading
Jan 22 What I Did When My Email Account Was Hacked (Besides Panic) By Paul Solman Photo by Epoxydude via Getty Images. The NewsHour has partnered with Next Avenue, a new PBS website that offers articles, blogs and other critical information for adults over 50. Paul Solman: What follows is of a personal nature… Continue reading
Jan 22 Ask Larry: Is Suspend-and-Collect a Flawed Plan? By Paul Solman Social Security expert Larry Kotlikoff answers readers' questions covering issues from retirement, medicare and more. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets," his additional secrets, his Social Security "mistakes" and his Social Security gotchas have prompted so many of… Continue reading
Jan 21 Ask the Headhunter: What If My Offer Was Rescinded After I Quit My Old Job? Photo by Noel Hendrickson/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 of… Continue reading
Jan 21 What I Did When My Email Account Was Hacked (Besides Panic) Photo by Epoxydude via Getty Images. The NewsHour has partnered with Next Avenue, a new PBS website that offers articles, blogs and other critical information for adults over 50. Paul Solman: What follows is of a… Continue reading
Jan 18 Why Raising the Social Security Retirement Age Makes No Sense Photo of an artisan blacksmith by John Burke via Getty Images. Paul Solman: We write a lot about Social Security on this page. Recently, our resident expert "Ask Larry" Kotlikoff and I got into a tiff about ways… Continue reading
Jan 18 Commentary: Raising the Social Security Retirement Age Makes No Sense in Today’s Economy for Older Workers By Paul Solman Photo of an artisan blacksmith by John Burke via Getty Images. Paul Solman: We write a lot about Social Security on this page. Recently, our resident expert "Ask Larry" Kotlikoff and I got into a tiff about ways to… Continue reading