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MIT's Amy Finkelstein is truly one of the world's premier economists. She's just teamed up with another superb economist, Stanford's Liran Einav, to write a terrific book on fixing our horrible and horribly expensive healthcare system.

George and I had a delightful discussion about his fantastic career and how he approaches life-planning -- a method of financial planning that he has taught to thousands of financial advisers across the world. Listen Now!

Why Not Better and Cheaper? is the title of a fabulous new book by economist, James Rebitzer, and healthcare industry expert, Robert Rebitzer. You need to read it for yourself and for our kids, who, in the great scheme of Uncle Sam, slated to go bankrupt paying for our old age healthcare.

Here's a podcast you'll really enjoy. Jonathan is my former graduate student. His economics PhD was in the field of finance. He was such a brilliant student that Nobel Laureate, Robert Merton, hired Jonathan as his research assistant.

This is a great podcast. The connection to economics? You'll learn about the trials and tribulations of finding your calling and about the economics of journalism and authoring books. 

Ed Leamer is my close friend and one of the deepest and most provocative economists I know. Ed's written five outstanding professional books and has published a slew of articles in economics' leading journals.

Robert Pinsky is an American treasure -- a three-time Poet Laureate of the United States. In this marvelous podcast, Robert reads poems, describes his path to poetry and academia from his roots -- Long Branch, New Jersey and talks about his new book, Jersey Breaks: Becoming an American Poet.

In this fascinating Economics Matters -- the Podcast, Sebastian Edwards, the Henry Ford II Professor of International Economics at UCLA discusses his fascinating new book, The Chile Project: The Story of the Chicago Boys and the Downfall of Neoliberalism.

According to a recent McKinsey study, women will hold $30 trillion, the bulk of U.S. household wealth. David Macchia is is an author, entrepreneur, public speaker, and marketing communications expert whose work is focused on improving Americans’ retirement security.

This is an exciting, in depth conversation about retirement planning! Do take a look and/or listen!

Hani Findaky is a true marvel. He grew up in Iraq, attended Baghdad University, then MIT, became a Young Professional at the World Bank, ended up Running the World Bank's Global Portfolio.

I'm Steve Laffey's economic advisor. Since discussing his candidacy on Economics Matters -- the Podcast, Steve's been garnering a huge amount of media attention. He's appeared on or has been covered by Good Morning America, CNBC, ABC News, NewsMax and many other outlets.

I'm Steve Laffey's economic advisor. Since appearing on Economics Matters -- the Podcast, Steve's been garnering a huge amount of media attention. He's appeared on or has been covered by Good Morning America, CNBC, ABC News, NewsMax and many other outlets.

David Blanchett, PhD, CFA, CFP®, is Managing Director and Head of Retirement Research for PGIM DC Solutions. PGIM is the global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. In this role he develops research and innovative solutions to help improve retirement outcomes for investors.

Please listen to hear the latest insights from one of the top analysts and reporters on what's really happening with the counter offensive and the implications of Prigozhin's attempted coup.

Glenn Loury, one of our nation's top economists, foremost expert on the economics of racism, conservative public intellectual, distinguished professor at Brown University, and incisive commentator on race relations and policy joins Economics Matters

Here's a terrific podcast with Camilla Cavendish. Camilla is a prominent British journalist, a regular columnist for the Financial Times, a member of the House of Lords, a former McKensie Management Consultant, an Aid Worker and much more!

If you've been hanging out with Economics Matters -- the Podcast, you know that economics is its focus, but Economics Based Financial Planning is its passion. Rob Berger, host of The Financial Freedom Show on YouTube has the same passion. Listening to Rob is a real pleasure.

Economics Matters -- the Podcast has a terrific guest, Ron Surz, to give you the full rundown on Target Date Funds. As Ron tells it, these funds may be just right or just wrong for you depending on your situation.

Eytan Sheshinski to discuss current developments in Israeli politics, national and international. Eytan first appeared on Economics Matters -- the Podcast with former Israeli Finance Minister, Yuval Steinitz, to discuss Iran and Israel's development of its Leviathan gas field.

Economics Matters -- the Podcast is pleased to present a deep dive into our current and past financial crises with two of Wall Street's most knowledgeable, insider players -- Joe Pimbley and Doug Lucas. Be prepared. The picture they paint isn't pretty, but it's one we all need to hear.

"Sensible" says it all when it comes to Rick. He exudes common sense, informed by a deep knowledge of economics and finance. Please check out this podcast. It's chock full of Rick's experience and wisdom.

I've known John for years. He's a fount of inside knowledge about what's happening and what's likely to happen. This is thanks to his having, in his words, The Best Rolodex in the Business. John's also a NY Times best selling author.

John Wasik is a remarkable man who manages, by my count, four careers. He's an award-winning writer with19 books under his belt.

Steve Laffey, is running for the Republican Presidential nomination. Steve's a serial fixer, starting with fixing his own condition in life. Wonderful mentors, a brilliant mind, boundless energy, and an amazing work effort propelled Steve to Bowdoin College and then Harvard Business School.

In this podcast, Fred shares his wealth of investment experience, his brilliant mind, and his deep insights with Economics Matters -- the Podcast.

This new Economics Matter Podcast features Robert Powell, CFP®, one of our nation's premier financial journalists. The podcast is a fascinating discussion of financial decisions, particularly surrounding retirement with perhaps the deepest student of the subject in the country.

In the Big Interview, economist Lawrence Kotlikoff of MaxiFi.com says the current situation has the potential to develop into a full-blown, long-remembered crisis, and discusses what can be done to stop it from getting that far. In the Market Call, Todd Rosenbluth, head of research at VettaFi talks

Economics Matters -- the Podcast invites you to this conversation I held with financial expert and consultant, Jonathan Treussard, and PBS NewsHour economics correspondent, Paul Solman, on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and its likely aftermath.

We're coming up on a terrible anniversary -- February 24, 2022, the beginning of Putin's savage invasion of Ukraine. Since then, the Ukrainian people have beaten back Putin with courage, ingenuity, foreign military assistance, and enormous personal sacrifice.

Peter Fox-Penner is one of our nation's leading experts on climate policy. Peter's beautifully written recent book -- Power After Carbon, Building a Clean Resilient Grid -- discusses the lynchpin of our green-energy future -- the electric grid.

Scott has been writing about personal finance for over 40 years for top newspapers and syndications. His articles and columns have appeared in publications as diverse as Vogue and Organic Gardening, as well as Boston, New England Business, Private Clubs, Playboy and Harper’s Bazaar.

Greg Mankiw is one of the world's top economists. Greg is the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University and former Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers.

Theo Kocken is a wonderful and extraordinary person. He's an economist, a highly successful entrepreneur, and an incredible in-kind philanthropist. In-kind philanthropy means devising novel ways to raise and help address intractable problems.

Jackson, Grant works with wealthy clients, but Julie's lessons on saving far more, aggressively investing only what you can afford to lose, tailoring your asset allocation to your cash flow needs, and taking a safety-first approach to asset accumulation and asset allocation pertain to us all.

Roger is a British/American economist. He is currently a Professor at the University of Warwick and is a Distinguished Emeritus Professor and former Chair of the Economics department at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Kerry Hannon is Yahoo Finance's top personal finance expert, senior columnist, and on-air expert. Kerry is also our nation's leading work and job expert. She's written 14 books on the subject! The latest is In Control at 50+: How to Succeed in the New World of Work.

Phil is a NY Times best-selling author and outstanding personal finance journalist. He wrote the Medicare bible -- Get What's Yours for Medicare. Please watch/listen this podcast to get Phil's invaluable expertise on handling Medicare, particularly during the current Open Enrollment Season!

Economics Matters -- the Podcast is delighted to present Roger Lowenstein, America's premier financial journalist and author. Roger is a three-time NY Times Best Selling author with a distinguished career writing for The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and other top media outlets.

David Cay Johnston is America's top muck-raking journalist and author. He's also an economics and tax specialist. In 2001, David won the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting. With three books on Donald Trump, David is arguably the world's leading authority on the former president.

Andrew Fesiak is a journalist, PhD in international relations, and long-time student of Russian-Ukrainian relations. He's been living in Ukraine with his family for decades and is traveling in and out of the country to report on events and assist in opposing Russian propaganda.

Sebastian Mallaby is a Global Treasure. A Premier Columnist for the Washington Post, Incisive Author, and Council of Foreign Relations Senior Fellow, Sebastian discusses today's major geopolitical challenges and his new book -- The Power Law - Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future.

Terry Savage is a national treasure. She shares her "Savage Truth" on our economy and your finances in this inspiring and instructive edition of Economics Matters - the Podcast.

Today's guest on Economics Matters - The Podcast is Martin Wolf, the Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times. Martin shares his incisive geopolitical outlook in this truly fascinating discussion.

This week we meet with Glenn Loury, Brown University's Stolz Professor of the Social Sciences, Professor of Economics, and one of our nation's leading public intellectuals. The topic: What Explains Persistent Racial Inequality?

Today we meet with Eytan Sheshinski, one of Israel’s premier economists, who designed Israel's policy governing the Leviathan gas field, and Yuval Steinitz, former Israeli Minister of Finance, former long-time member of the Knesset, and one of Israel's top security experts.

This week we meet with Uri Dadush, one of the world's leading experts on international trade.

Today we meet with Torston Slok and his son Flemming to discuss what’s really going on with the economy — not just the hype.

From college, to marriage, to retirement, there’s hardly a moment in life that doesn’t involve financial planning. In this week’s episode, Dr. Laurence Kotlikoff talks about his new book and provides advice to people of all ages on the benefits of purposeful spending and good saving habits.

Lisa Wexler is joined by Boston University Professor of Economics Laurence J. Kotlikoff to discuss the right time to retire. When and why you should take social security.

Investing strategies, such as asset allocation, diversification, or rebalancing do not assure or guarantee better performance and cannot eliminate the risk of investment losses.

Larry talks with Jacquie Doucette on the Beyond Retirement podcast. To properly plan for and navigate through our retirement, we have to be willing to assign the appropriate costs to all the choices we make, from utilities and property taxes to personal costs.

Larry talks to Moolala: Money Made Simple's Bruce Sellery about his book Money Magic and offers his thoughts on how to jumpstart your finances.

Retirement planning entails a series of important decisions, including lifestyle decisions with long-lasting consequences. My guest today, economist Larry Kotlikoff, discusses his new book, Money Magic.

Stephen Stricklin and Larry discuss the 5 main risks to one’s living standard: earnings risk, mortality risk, longevity risk, inflation risk, and investment risk.

Every financial decision—career, job, marriage, location, housing, investing, 401(k), divorce, Social Security, etc. —matters to our bottom line, our living standard. Yet, we routinely make such decisions without knowing their living-standard impacts.

Larry talks with Chuck Jaffe of Money Life about the risks of investing in stocks over the long-run and how to avoid overpaying for your mortgage in an inflated housing market.

A magician isn’t smarter than anyone else, he just happens to learn something that he can convey in a way that surprises people.

Larry talks to Trend Following Radio’s Michael Covel about his outside-the-box approach to finances: the risks and payoffs of student loans in America, how to effectively plan for divorce, credit card debt, and more.

We discuss the differences between an economist's approach to financial planning versus Wall Street's. Kotlikoff shares unconventional wisdom, such as the benefit of paying off your mortgage with your IRA in retirement, how some professions are better to pursue in terms of lifetime earnings.

Larry returns to the Financial Quarterback Radio Show to give listeners advice on Social Security and safe retirement planning.

On this episode of The Free Retiree, Larry describes how to plan for your retirement to overcome the threats facing the US economy, the current threats in the US economy, and tax reform plans that can make a difference in the country.

Larry discusses the approach consumption spending and how to get what is yours from social security with Mark & Holly of Not Your Average Financial Podcast.

Have you ever thought about how an economist views financial planning? Would you guess that it's vastly different from how some financial planners approach this work?

Larry says that the current increase in inflation is nothing compared to what he fears is coming, which he said could be several years of the high single digits all the way up to hyperinflation levels.

Larry talks about carbon taxation, in a dynamic general equilibrium framework. He argues that one has to desegregate across generations to make sense of policy problems.

Laurence Kotlikoff says America's unfunded debt burden is in the hundreds of trillions of dollars and explains how policymakers are now at the...

Larry and Josh discuss inflation vs. deflation. Larry touches on government spending, social security going broke, medicare funding running out, and an aging society.

Josh Jalinski and Laurence Kotlikoff give the rundown on taxes heading into the new year. Kotlikoff is an American academic and politician, who is a William Warren Fairfield Professor at Boston University.

Discussion on the US's fiscal state, $200T in off balance sheet liabilities, MMT as well as Laurence's solutions to the problems facing the US. Also a brief discussion on digital assets and the role they may play in this.

The biggest mistake most people make is claiming their Social Security Benefits to early. By waiting until you’re age 70 to claim benefits, you increase your benefit by 75%, and given that people are living much longer…it’s like insurance for a long life.

Interview with Robert Huebscher, Editor in Chief of Advisor Perspectives, about the major and alarming differences between conventional and economics-based financial planning.

Interview on Trump tax plan with Jason Hartman.

Interview with Jason Hartman about Social Security's Deep Financial Problem

Larry appears on KPCW's Mountain Money to discuss Money Magic: how to dramatically raise your living standards, secure your financial futures, and improve your lifestyles—no matter your age or circumstance.