Wages & Income Archives - The Big Picture

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It’s a well-known cliché that isn’t quite true: Money can’t buy happiness. On this episode of Good Money, we examine...

How much money do you need to be rich in America? How little must you have to be poor? Short answer: enough to buy pretty much...

Many wealthy Americans insist they aren’t rich, and that has profound implications in electoral politics as well as economic...

Yesterday, I had a very interesting discussion with Aaron Brown. We discussed some issues with his column “401(k) Plans No...

I have made my views on the folly of forecast and the perils of predictions absolutely clear. (See all of these dating back...

Millennials have faced the worst economic odds, and many will never recover Source: Washington Post Whenever the role of...

How to Get Rich? Make a Lot or Save a Lot? It’s some of both, though the lockdowns make it clear that many of us can easily do with...

How to Get Rich? Make a Lot or Save a Lot? It’s some of both, though the lockdowns make it clear that many of us can easily do with...

Note: Distributions by generation are defined by birth year as follows: Silent and Earlier=born before 1946, Baby Boomer=born 1946-1964,...