Aug 03 U7 Unemployment Rises Again: How Little We Know Viewed on a computer screen, jobless veterans take a class at the new Workforce1 Veterans Career Center on July 31 in New York City. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate for all veterans in June… Continue reading
Aug 02 Social Security Confusion: Our Expert Dispels Some More Creative Commons photo courtesy Flickr user Fabricator of Useless Articles. The Social Security tsunami continues with more queries for retirement authority Larry Kotlikoff. Larry's Making Sen$e post earlier this week, 34 Social Security Secrets You Need to… Continue reading
Aug 02 Young Spaniards: Move Out or Resign Yourself to Sex in the Car Vacant apartment homes in Spain, from Paul Solman's 2010 story Spain's Housing Market Slide Adds to Europe's Economic Troubles. This story at Bloomberg the other day caught our attention: the lengths to which Spanish real estate owners… Continue reading
Aug 01 Answers to Benign and Scary Social Security Questions Ron Hillyer, who was a custodian in the D.C. public schools for 32 years before retiring, gets a group hug from students who remember him. Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images. Boston University economist Larry Kotlikoff's… Continue reading
Jul 31 What Impact Would Eliminating the Payroll Cap Have on Social Security? Creative Commons photo courtesy flickr user 401(K) 2012. Monday's post featuring Boston University economist Larry Kotlikoff and his "34 Social Security Secrets" is attracting viewers like a new Lady Gaga video -- at least by Making Sen$e… Continue reading
Jul 31 Optimism in Latest U.S. Home Prices *Real estate agent Diane Olson opens the sliding glass door of a model home in Gilbert, Ariz. "[Phoenix] was one of the hardest hit cities in the collapse, and prices are still more than 50 percent below their June… Continue reading
Jul 30 34 Social Security Secrets You Need to Know Now By Laurence Kotlikoff Treasury employee Linda Tarkenton of Philadelphia holds a blank U.S. Treasury check before it’s run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility. Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images. Update: | Laurence Kotlikoff has agreed to answer your questions… Continue reading
Jul 30 Why Do Some Get Preferential Treatment? A TSA agent instructs travelers on traveling through security lines at Pittsburgh International Airport. Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e… Continue reading
Jul 27 What Charles Murray Thinks of Your Bubble Score Paul Solman interviews author Charles Murray about his book "Coming Apart" at a local diner near Murray's hometown of Burkittsville, Md. Within just a few days, more than 2000 of you have responded to the "Do I Live… Continue reading
Jul 27 Is It Ever a Good Idea to Throw Money at Insurance Companies? Registered nurse Susan Eager discusses medication with patient Helen Ricci, 96 during a house call in Denver, Colo. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images. The NewsHour has partnered with NextAvenue, a new PBS website that offers articles, blogs and other… Continue reading