Apr 05 How Dismal Were March's Job Numbers? By Paul Solman At first blink, today's jobs numbers don't look too bad. The official unemployment number dipped again, to 7.6 percent. The number of people reporting that they didn't work even one hour last week and looked for work and are therefore… Continue reading
Apr 05 How Dismal Were March's Job Numbers? By Paul Solman By Paul Solman At first blink, today's jobs numbers don't look too bad. The official unemployment number dipped again, to 7.6 percent. The number of people reporting that they didn't work even one hour last week and looked for work… Continue reading
Apr 05 Why Saving for a Rainy Day is Pointless -- For the Economy By James Livingston By examining history, economic historian James "Against Thrift" Livingston says the sacrifice of saving for a rainy day -- of foregoing present consumption on behalf of future growth -- could be potentially destructive of the general welfare. And he says… Continue reading
Apr 05 Why Saving for a Rainy Day is Pointless -- For the Economy By James Livingston By James Livingston By examining history, economic historian James "Against Thrift" Livingston says the sacrifice of saving for a rainy day -- of foregoing present consumption on behalf of future growth -- could be potentially destructive of the general welfare. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch Discouraging Jobs Report Raises Fear That Recovery May Be Slowing Down A disappointing jobs report has sparked fears of a slowing recovery. Although the unemployment rate dipped slightly, that reduction was attributed to people retiring or who had stopped looking for work. Judy Woodruff reports on why the job market in… Continue watching
Apr 04 A Libertarian Take on Economic Faith, 'Facts' and Follies By John Papola Still from a John Papola-produced rap on saving vs. spending, a la Friedrich Hayek and John Maynard Keynes. Thursday's post is round three in the debate between Papola and his opponent, economic historian James Livingston. Image courtesy of John Papola… Continue reading
Apr 04 A Libertarian Take on Economic Faith, 'Facts' and Follies By John Papola Still from a John Papola-produced rap on saving vs. spending, a la Friedrich Hayek and John Maynard Keynes. Thursday's post is round three in the debate between Papola and his opponent, economic historian James Livingston. Image Courtesy of John Papola… Continue reading
Apr 03 The Plusses and Pitfalls of Teaching Online By dariely Dan Ariely is not just a great and funny teacher, but he's dedicated his life to making the world a somewhat better place. To that end, he's produced an online course on behavioral economics that already has attracted 140,000 students. Continue reading
Apr 03 The Plusses and Pitfalls of Teaching Online By dariely By Dan Ariely Dan Ariely is not just a great and funny teacher, but he's dedicated his life to making the world a somewhat better place. To that end, he's produced an online course on behavioral economics that already has… Continue reading
Apr 01 What to Do If Social Security Says You Can't File and Suspend By Laurence Kotlikoff Larry Kotlikoff answers your Social Security questions. Photo by Flickr user 401(K) 2012. *Larry Kotlikoff's [Social Security original 34 "secrets"](http://www.pbs.org/ newshour/businessdesk/2012/07/social-security-secrets-you-ne.html), his [**additional secrets**](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2012/08/on-the-qt-a-few-more- social-se.html), his Social Security ["mistakes"](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2012/08/11-social-security-mistakes-pe.html) and his [**Social Security gotchas**](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2012/09/ten-of-the-worst-social- security-gotchas.html) have prompted so many of… Continue reading