Oct 15 Ask Larry: ‘Can I Get Medicaid Without Losing Social Security Benefits?’ A Doctor Examines A Senior Patient. Photo by Mario Villafuerte via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security "secrets" and his answers to your questions (here, here and here) have prompted so many of you to… Continue reading
Oct 12 Why the President Is Still a Heavy Favorite on the Prediction Markets By Paul Solman Ohio -- which has remained Obama friendly -- is one of three key states where Romney needs to gain support in order to swing the election in his favor. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images On the NewsHour tonight we explore… Continue reading
Oct 12 Why the President Is Still a Heavy Favorite on the Prediction Markets By Paul Solman Ohio -- which has remained Obama friendly -- is one of three key states where Romney needs to gain support in order to swing the election in his favor. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images On the NewsHour tonight we explore… Continue reading
Oct 11 America’s Best Kept Financial Secret: I Bonds Photo of Social Security Checks at the U.S. Treasury. By William Thomas Cain/Getty Images Boston University finance guru should need no introduction to readers of this page, but for those who would like one, here it is. Continue reading
Oct 11 America’s Best Kept Financial Secret: I Bonds Photo of Social Security Checks at the U.S. Treasury. By William Thomas Cain/Getty Images Boston University finance guru should need no introduction to readers of this page, but for those who would like one, here it is. Continue reading
Oct 10 American Ideology? There Is No Such Thing By Paul Solman American flags at the U.S. Capitol. Photo by: Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images Distinguished Fellow in Grand Strategy and Senior Lecturer Charles Hill has been on the Yale faculty since the mid-'90s after a long career in the U.S. Foreign… Continue reading
Oct 10 American Ideology? There is No Such Thing By Paul Solman American flags at the U.S. Capitol. Photo by: Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images This is the second of two consecutive Making Sen$e posts by esteemed academic colleagues at different places on the political spectrum who don't have blogs, don't have… Continue reading
Oct 10 American Ideology: We Don’t Practice What We Preach By George C. Lodge U.S. Capitol. Photo by Jewel Samad via AFP/Getty Images This is the first of two consecutive Making Sen$e posts by esteemed academic colleagues at different places on the political spectrum who don't have blogs, don't have newspaper columns, don't… Continue reading
Oct 10 American Ideology: We Don’t Practice What We Preach U.S. Capitol. Photo by Jewel Samad via AFP/Getty Images This is the first of two consecutive Making Sen$e posts by esteemed academic colleagues at different places on the political spectrum who don't have blogs, don't have newspaper columns, don't… Continue reading
Oct 09 If Job Boards Don’t Work, Why Do Companies Screen by Computer? By Paul Solman Warehouse manager at operations desk on computer Photo by: John McBride & Company Inc. I first heard Wharton Business School Professor Peter Cappelli speak grim truths about today's job market at a conference in 2009. We then featured him in… Continue reading