Mar 21 Cyprus: The Nightmare Scenario and How to Avoid It in America By Laurence Kotlikoff Customers queue to withdraw cash from an automated teller machine (ATM) outside a Cyprus Popular Bank Pcl, also known as Laiki Bank on Thursday, March 21. The European Central Bank said it may cut Cypriot banks off from emergency funds… Continue reading
Mar 21 Cyprus: The Nightmare Scenario and How to Avoid It in America By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff Customers queue to withdraw cash from an automated teller machine (ATM) outside a Cyprus Popular Bank Pcl, also known as Laiki Bank on Thursday, March 21. The European Central Bank said it may cut Cypriot banks off… Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch News Wrap: February Was Best Month in Three Years for Increase of Home Sales In other news Thursday, housing sales were up 0.8 percent in February 2013, the fastest increase in three years. The rise was attributed to record-low mortgage rates and job growth. In Syria, a suicide bomber hit a mosque in Damascus,… Continue watching
Mar 20 Commentary: Silicon Valley Discriminates Against Women, Even If They're Better By Paul Solman Silicon Valley entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa discovers that the famed "meritocracy" of Silicon Valley is a myth and that women are systematically discriminated against there, despite the fact that they're more productive, on average, than their male counterparts. He has a… Continue reading
Mar 20 Silicon Valley Discriminates Against Women, Even If They're Better By Vivek Wadhwa Silicon Valley entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa discovers that the famed "meritocracy" of Silicon Valley is a myth and that women are systematically discriminated against there, despite the fact that they're more productive, on average, than their male counterparts. He has a… Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch Colleges and Universities See Graying Workforce Holding On to Coveted Positions Colleges and Universities See Graying Workforce Holding On to Coveted Positions… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch Will the Banking Crisis in Cyprus Rock Other Markets? Will the Banking Crisis in Cyrpus Rock Other European and World Markets?… Continue watching
Mar 18 When Will You Retire? By Diane Lincoln Estes Creative Commons photo courtesy of flickr user wheatfieldbrown. Monday's PBS NewsHour will feature our Making Sense story on the aging of academia. The population of professors over 65 has more than doubled since 2000 and many say they… Continue reading
Mar 18 How to Take Social Security If You Earn a Lot More Than Your Spouse By Laurence Kotlikoff If you make more than your spouse, Larry Kotlikoff explains that you may want to consider a couple of strategies to ensure you both maximize your Social Security benefits. Photo by Siri Stafford/Getty Images. *Larry Kotlikoff's [Social Security original 34… Continue reading
Mar 18 How to Take Social Security If You Earn a Lot More Than Your Spouse By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff If you make more than your spouse, Larry Kotlikoff explains that you may want to consider a couple of strategies to ensure you both maximize your Social Security benefits. Photo by Siri Stafford/Getty Images. *Larry Kotlikoff's [Social… Continue reading