Nation Aug 12 A look at the Social Security funding gap and ways to fix it By Paul Solman, Diane Lincoln Estes
Economy May 29 Kotlikoff on ‘The Real Problem with Reinhart/Rogoff’ Harvard economists Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart. Still from PBS NewsHour footage. Paul Solman: The post before this one featured some discussion of the big flap in the econosphere over the work of Harvard professors Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen… By Laurence Kotlikoff
Economy May 29 Kotlikoff on ‘The Real Problem with Reinhart/Rogoff’ By Larry Kotlikoff Harvard economists Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart. Still from PBS NewsHour footage. Paul Solman: The post before this one featured some discussion of the big flap in the econosphere over the work of Harvard professors Kenneth… By Laurence Kotlikoff
Economy Dec 07 Two Retirement Planning Tool$ to Use NOW Retirement tools. The questions they ask you to fill in seem designed to scare your pants off: How much do you expect to earn on your assets? When are you planning to retire? When are you going to die?… By Paul Solman
Economy Dec 07 Two Retirement Planning Tool$ to Use NOW Retirement tools. The questions they ask you to fill in seem designed to scare your pants off: How much do you expect to earn on your assets? When are you planning to retire? When are you going to die? Sadly,… By Elizabeth Shell
Aug 23 Correction to Friday’s Segment on Inflation Paul Solman: On Friday night’s program, in a story on inflation (you can see the clip below), I reported the following: “The traditional measure of inflation, the Consumer Price Index, is DOWN over the… Continue reading
Apr 01 I’ve heard the Federal Reserve is not actually federal and has no reserves, it’s a private banking cartel that looks out for the interests of Wall Street, not most Americans. This installment’s “guest vetter” is Larry Koltikoff with Boston University. He is perhaps the best-known American economist on the issue of intergenerational conflict over entitlement spending on programs like Social Security and Medicare. You can check out his full bio… Continue reading