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 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. By Elizabeth Shell The… Continue reading
Nov 01 An Economist Argues the Virtues of Free Trade Photo by PublicAffairs Publishing. On Oct.16, 2012, the NewsHour interviewed Donald Bartlett and James Steele on their latest book, "The Betrayal of the American Dream". Here is a critique and question from viewer Gary Todd about this… Continue reading
Oct 31 I Own Stock but I’m No Fat Cat Image by Key Wilde via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query: George White: Some people would have us believe… Continue reading
Oct 31 Is the President to Blame for Unemployment and Gas Prices? Pedestrians walk past a gas station selling gas for over five dollars a gallon in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Frederic J. Brown via AFP/GettyImages Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here… Continue reading
Oct 30 Ask the Headhunter: How to Search for a Job if You’re an Introvert Photo by Peter Dazeley via Getty Images. Nick Corcodilos is an expert on how to get a job. We ran into him while doing a story on the relative futility of Internet job boards and asked him to… Continue reading
Oct 30 Yes, Housing Prices Up Yet Again According to S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, home prices continued to rise in August. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images With election day a mere week away, all economic data carry potential political significance -- for us in the media, at… Continue reading
Oct 29 Ask Larry: What Do I Do if My Ex Never Paid My Social Security Tax? Photo by CSA Images via Getty Images Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security "mistakes" and his Social Security gotchas have prompted so many of you to write in… Continue reading
Oct 26 An Expert on ‘Extreme Productivity’: Boost Results, Reduce Hours Work-life balance illustration by Bjorn Rune Lie in Ikon Images via Getty Images. Bob Pozen has been the vice chairman of Fidelity Investments, chairman of MFS Investment Management, a professor at Georgetown University, New York University and Harvard Law… Continue reading
Oct 26 Are Public Pensioners Safe? Pensions for teachers and government employees had the highest funding level among all Arizona public retirement plans. Photo by John Elk via Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on… Continue reading