Oct 23 I charged my kids interest on loans, and now they're outsmarting me By Kristen Doerer Economics correspondent Paul Solman spoke with Doug Miller, an employee at New Belgium Brewery, about the company's financial literacy classes. Miller brought that new-found knowledge home and taught his kids. Little did he know how savvy they would become. Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch How teaching your kids financial literacy can lead to them outsmarting you By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 31 Taxes matter in mutual fund investments By Kristen Doerer Millions of baby boomers who are set to retire over the next few years may someday regret that they did not pay more attention to the tax implications of their mutual fund investments during their working lives. Continue reading
Jul 10 For gay couples, first comes the wedding and then a chat with your accountant By Paul Solman What can newly married gay couples expect to happen to their taxes and employment and Social Security benefits? Economics correspondent Paul Solman spoke to an accountant and lawyer to find out. Continue reading
Apr 06 Why you should shop Social Security offices for the best deal By Laurence Kotlikoff How could different Social Security offices be dishing out different benefits? The rules are the rules, but staff within the offices have different interpretations, only one of which is right. Continue reading
Mar 30 Why shouldn't I take Social Security early so I can enjoy my retirement? By Laurence Kotlikoff One reader writes that he and his wife can start collecting Social Security earlier than age 70, as Social Security expert Larry Kotlikoff discourages, with a very small downside for the long term. But today, Larry urges him to reconsider… Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch 3:07 Inside the new federal pay day loan rules By PBS News Hour This week, the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took new steps to protect the working poor from people critics describe as predatory lenders, those who make what are known as pay day loans. Chico Harlan of the Washington Post joins… Continue watching
Mar 25 Who loses from a permanent Medicare doc fix? By Philip Moeller Making Sen$e Medicare columnist Phil Moeller is excited about the possibility of a bipartisan breakthrough in Congress, and on the years-long fight over the Medicare "doc fix" no less. But someone, he explains, will have to pay for the impending… Continue reading
Mar 23 Why maximizing your Social Security won't bankrupt the system By Laurence Kotlikoff Social Security expert Larry Kotlikoff has repeatedly warned that the Social Security system is underfunded. Why then does his new best-selling book tell readers how to collect as much as possible in benefits? Perhaps surprisingly, he explains, most of the… Continue reading
Mar 18 Guess who really pays for your Medicare By Philip Moeller As Congressional leaders grapple with a possible permanent solution to Medicare cuts to physicians, Making Sen$e Medicare columnist Philip Moeller delivers a little tough love about the role that Medicare beneficiaries play in the nation’s expanding "entitlement deficits."… Continue reading