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Can Families with Small Kids Cut the Boarding Line?

United Airlines planes parked at the terminal at San Francisco International Airport. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here…

Can Families with Small Kids Cut the Boarding Line?

Your Social Security Questions, Answered

Retirement expert Laurence Kotlikoff answers more of your Social Security questions, including what to do before reaching 70, the full retirement age. Photo by Purestock via Getty Images. Editor's Note | This post was updated after publishing. Larry Kotlikoff's…

Your Social Security Questions, Answered

What Student Loan “Crisis”?

We reported on student loan debt in a pair of stories earlier this year: "The State Of Student Loans: More Debt, More Defaults, More Problems" and "Student Loan Debt: To Pay or Not to Pay?" Paul Solman…

What Student Loan ‘Crisis’?

With High Youth Unemployment, Making Sense of Summer Work Visas For Foreigners

With High Youth Unemployment, Making Sense of Summer Work Visas For Foreigners…

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Where Are All These Summer Workers Coming From?

By Paul Solman

If you’ve been to the beach this summer, chances are you’ve run into seasonal workers from abroad. Our own Lee Koromvokis, esteemed NewsHour producer, said they were everywhere on a recent trip to Cape May, N.J.: “The waiter who served…

Does It Make Sense To Get a 30-Year Mortgage at Age 66?

A view of the Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in New York. Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page.

Does It Make Sense to Get a 30-Year Mortgage at Age 66?