The U.S. is confronting a dizzying array of financial issues that will have to be dealt with early next year.
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Why the U.S. Has a Worse Youth Unemployment Problem than Europe
Meet the NEETs, the under-25s who don’t work but who also aren’t receiving professional training and are no longer in school
Viewpoint: The Art of Badmouthing Good Jobs News
If there’s one thing that Americans for Prosperity won’t tolerate, it’s prosperity.
That was the message from the group’s leader following this morning’s economic news: a better-than-expected employment report, and the upward revision of figures for the prior two months. “Reckless spending, higher debt, and ever-higher …
CFPB Takes on Debt Collectors With New Oversight
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is instituting new regulations on debt collection companies.
Retirees Embrace Junk Bonds at Just the Wrong Moment
Yield-starved retirees are taking a flyer on junk bonds, just as credit quality in that market takes a turn for the worse. Look out below.
Best and Worst Months To Be Born If You Want To Be the Boss
There’s been much research and writing over the years about the positive and negative affects of birth month on various aspects of life, few as well known as Malcolm Gladwell‘s 2008 bestseller Outliers: The Story of Success. Now …
Change Your Company’s Story
How many times have you heard someone say, “That’s the way we’ve always done it”? Narratives like these suggest inevitability, and can inhibit change rather than inspire it. They can be deeply ingrained and difficult to challenge. But people remember stories more easily than numbers, and if told in the right way and with the …
Marissa Mayer’s Wall Street Debut Sends Yahoo! Stock Surging
Three months after assuming command of struggling Web giant Yahoo!, Marissa Mayer outlined her strategy to revive the company on Monday — and Wall Street liked what it heard. Yahoo! shares soared nearly 5% as Mayer spoke, …
Household Debt Has Fallen to 2006 Levels, But Not Because We’ve Grown More Frugal
U.S. household debt has finally fallen back to pre-recession levels. So, we’ve finally learned our lesson about spending more than we make, right? Well, not really. The real reason our debt has dipped is that so many Americans …
Who Should Pay More in Taxes?
Perhaps the affluent should pay more income tax, but the middle class will end up footing most of the bill – because that’s where the real money is.
Salad Restaurant Chains Sprouting Up Even in the ‘Fat Belt’
Once, there were plenty of skeptics who thought that salad couldn’t be the main draw at American restaurants. After all, salad is generally listed as a mere appetizer on menus, and it’s an appetizer that many diners order because …
What Can Good Parenting Teach Us about Leadership?
Do good parenting and leadership have much in common? A new book by an organizational and clinical psychologist makes that argument.
