Dec 14 Column: Social Security needs to be reformed, not have its funding cut By Philip Moeller There is ample room for disagreement over how to reform Social Security. There should be no disagreement over adequately funding the agency to do its appointed job. Continue reading
Dec 12 Column: Why the Fed may aggressively raise rates in 2017 By Terry Burnham To understand Janet Yellen’s motivation, consider that it has been seven years since the last U.S. recession ended. Since World War II, recessions have arrived about once every six years. Another recession is coming; the only unknown is the date. Continue reading
Dec 09 Column: Women, it’s time to ask for a raise By Sallie Krawcheck Go ask for that bonus or that raise. Continue reading
Dec 08 Column: Cyber systems can both nourish and poison us. We need to focus on the latter By Vikram Mansharamani The same technologies that enable us to rapidly order an Uber or to instantaneously download the latest book by Michael Lewis can also empty our bank accounts or steal our identities. Continue reading
Dec 05 Column: Markets were wary of a Trump presidency. What changed? By Eric Zitzewitz Were the pre-election and election night markets wrong to be so pessimistic about Trump?… Continue reading
Dec 01 Column: What Italy’s referendum means for the European Union By Vikram Mansharamani This weekend, Italians will vote on constitutional changes proposed by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. And although the vote is technically about reforms the 41-year-old former Mayor of Florence wants to implement, Italians no longer see it that way. It's now… Continue reading
Nov 30 Column: Why there’s a backlash against globalization and what needs to change By John Rennie Short From the Brexit, to the recent U.S. election of Donald Trump, voters across the world are rejecting candidates and policies in support of globalization. Continue reading
Nov 30 Column: The economy undervalues ‘women’s work,’ and that needs to change By Mary Babic, Barbara Gault It’s time that women get access to the full array of jobs in our economy and that they get paid what they are worth everywhere they work. Continue reading
Nov 29 Column: Fight for $15 has brought $62 billion in raises and counting to underpaid workers By Paul Sonn, Yannet Lathrop Workers of the Fight for $15 are staging their largest strike yet on Tuesday. A new report by the National Employment Law Project shows that since the movement launched in 2012, underpaid workers have won a stunning $61.5 billion in… Continue reading
Nov 28 Column: We don’t need Washington to fix bloated CEO pay By Dean Baker There are clear channels that people can use to put downward pressure on the pay of those at the top in both the corporate and noncorporate sector that don’t require going through Washington. Continue reading