Ted is rather cherubic looking, if one can be 80 and cherubic at the same time. Round faced. Smiling. Enthusiastic.
He had seen me on TV, speaking, as I often do, about how we’re living longer, and what that means for the time we didn’t expect to have. We need to figure out a way to stay healthy, work if we want to, fill . . . Read More
Lots of us will want to continue to work after 50, whether we’re retired or not, and for a variety of personal, professional and financial reasons. We may work part time for our old employer, take a full-time job with a new one, or become self-employed.
Entrepreneurs make up a special subset of the self-employed. They’re different from normal self-employment businesses, such as piano instruction or a dry cleaning operation, because entrepreneurs… Read More
The news of John Boehner’s announcement—that he’s stepping down as Speaker of the House of Representatives and resigning from Congress—is still reverberating a week later.
While most of the discussion about this move has focused on his successor, I’ve got a different take on the news. Mr. Boehner has launched himself into one of the most highly public career transitions possible. . . . Read More
The latest jobs report showed that the US economy added 173,000 jobs, bringing the unemployment rate down to 5.1%.
Sounds great, right?
You know by now that much of my reporting reflects the adage that the quality of the question drives the quality of the answer. Asking how many jobs were added is a fair question, but I don’t think it’s a very good one.
Much smarter would be: Of the jobs we’ve added . . . Read More
Sometimes retirement planning feels a lot like couples therapy. Ellen: “Harvey is retired now. We’re OK financially. I don’t want our new life to be just a later version of our old one. We worked too long and too hard to settle now. I want you to push Harvey into understanding this.” Harvey: “Ellen has grown bored the last few…
The number of people 50 and older who are starting or buying their own businesses is growing steadily. There are a lot of reasons why. For some people, age discrimination has either made it difficult (or impossible) to find meaningful employment at a 9-to-5 job at acceptable pay levels. For others, it’s the fulfillment of a lifetime dream. Or it’s…
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