Jan 04 Another Victory in the War on Our Children Paul Solman: "Ask Larry" Kotlikoff is a hot commodity here on Making Sense, not only as our (and your) Social Security sherpa, but as a sometime commentator on economics, which is how he's known to the rest of the… Continue reading
Jan 04 Another Victory in the War on Our Children By Paul Solman Paul Solman: "Ask Larry" Kotlikoff is a hot commodity here on Making Sense, not only as our (and your) Social Security sherpa, but as a sometime commentator on economics, which is how he's known to the rest of the… Continue reading
Jan 04 2012 in Unemployment Data Now that the Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its final unemployment numbers for the year, let's take one last look at 2012's unemployment indicators, month-by-month. We've compiled a year's worth of our own, more-inclusive U-7 figures --… Continue reading
Jan 04 December Unemployment Held Steady; U-7 Down Again By Paul Solman A job seeker looks over material during a HIREvent job fair in San Jose, Calif. Photo by David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Nothing dramatic on the jobs front this month. December's unemployment rate held steady at 7.8 percent. The… Continue reading
Jan 04 December Unemployment Held Steady; U-7 Down Again A job seeker looks over material during a HIREvent job fair in San Jose, Calif. Photo by David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Nothing dramatic on the jobs front this month. December's unemployment rate held steady at 7.8 percent. Continue reading
Jan 04 U.S. Debt Ceiling: Costs and Consequences Photo of U.S. Capitol by Flickr user UlisesJorge via Creative Commons. By Jonathan Masters, online writer/editor for the Council on Foreign Relations Introduction The U.S. Treasury has borrowed trillions of dollars over the past decade, much of it from… Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch What 'Cliffs' Lay Ahead for Congress in Resolving Other Budget Deal Aspects? What 'Cliffs' Lay Ahead for Congress in Resolving Other Budget Deal Aspects?… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch New Faces, Old Challenges as 113th Congress Convenes New lawmakers are arriving on Capitol Hill, but the 113th Congress won't be starting with a clean slate. Judy Woodruff reports on unfinished business and challenges ahead for Congress and House Speaker John Boehner. Continue watching
Jan 03 Barney Frank's Plans for the Future By Paul Solman // In an exit interview that aired Dec. 26, economic correspondent Paul Solman spoke with Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who retired from Congress at the end of his term in January 2013. In the last of our series of… Continue reading
Jan 02 How Will Your Take-Home Pay Change? The Tax Policy Center has projected a percent change from 2012 levels in after-tax income. This projection includes many of the major components of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. Roberton Williams of the Tax Policy Center said… Continue reading