US is Hard Country for Old People

Future Inequity

New Orleans       In the United States, there’s been a retirement crisis in front of our noses for a long time.  The country depends on immigrant, often undocumented workers for farm labor, child care, healthcare, and throughout the service and manufacturing economy.  Though they pay taxes and underpin the Social Security system for other elderly, …

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NCAA Fiction Takes Another Blow

Economics

Pearl River      The powerhouse NCAA signed an eight-year TV deal for $115 million per year, just short of a billion dollars over term, with ESPN to broadcast forty Division 1 championships in men’s and women’s sports.  At the same time, the College Football Playoffs, another NCAA operation, signed a deal with ESPN for six-years for …

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