Nov 07 They All Got it Right: Polls, Markets, and Models By Paul Solman President Barack Obama's election night rally at the McCormick Place convention center in Chicago. Photo by The Washington Post via Getty Images. The polls got it mostly right. Ray Fair's economic model forecast a result well within the final… Continue reading
Nov 06 Why a Romney Win Would Shock the Markets By Paul Solman Presumptive Republican presidential nominee and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop. Photo by Edward Linsmier via Getty Images. As of yesterday, President Obama had already been re-elected. Or so it seemed to Paddy Power, the… Continue reading
Nov 05 Ask Larry: When Do I Get Back What I Paid to SS? Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility. Photo by William Thomas Cain via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security… Continue reading
Nov 05 Ask Larry: When Do I Get Back What I Paid to SS? Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility. Photo by William Thomas Cain via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security… Continue reading
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Nov 02 Jobs Up, U-7 Down, Jack Welch Silent (Thus Far) A job seeker reviews listings in the Job Finder at the Rigzone Oil & Gas Career Fair in San Antonio, Texas. Photo by Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty Images. At the risk of incurring Jack Welch's wrath, I am obliged… Continue reading
Nov 02 Jobs Up, U-7 Down, Jack Welch Silent (Thus Far) A job seeker reviews listings in the Job Finder at the Rigzone Oil & Gas Career Fair in San Antonio, Texas. Photo by Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty Images. At the risk of incurring Jack Welch's wrath, I am obliged… Continue reading
Nov 02 Campaigns Prepare to Spin Mostly Positive Jobs Report By Terence Burlij President Obama takes the stage Thursday for a campaign rally in Boulder, Colo. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. The economic mood of the country is pretty well set heading into Election Day, but Friday's Labor Department report showing a… Continue reading
Nov 01 Are You an Older Worker? Know Older Workers? Let Us Know Mary Brassard, 86, Dorrace Delaney, 74, and Roger Huff, 68, work at Vita Needle in Needham, a manufacturing company whose average age of worker is 74. Photo by Joanne Rathe/The Boston Globe via Getty Images. The American workforce is… Continue reading