Jillian Berman
@JillianBerman
Deputy enterprise editor @MarketWatch, covering student loans + consumer debt // alum @bagehots, @Columbia_Biz, @HuffPost // email me! [email protected]
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24-05-2009 16:11:05
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The data is good, but the vibes are bad. What if we just looked at different data?? Venessa Wong + I explore other econ metrics that explain how Americans are feeling marketwatch.com/story/a-114-00…
Learned a lot about the future of financial advice from this one by hannah erin lang. Today's advice-givers are highlighting how 'personal finance is about 20% your personal choices and 80% your circumstances.' marketwatch.com/story/money-ad…
Love this from Pamela Herd 🐀: 'It is a political choice to build an administrative infrastructure that makes it easy for the public to access government benefits or to shift all of that burden onto individuals.”
So happy to return to personal essay writing at MarketWatch! Today I share my thoughts about Mother's Day, a ~$33.5 billion holiday. For all the pricey gestures families are planning this Sunday, there is one thing many mothers really crave: relief (1/4) marketwatch.com/story/this-mot…
Lawmakers are threatening to cut funding to colleges over protests. It could just be rhetoric, but it comes as the public is growing skeptical of higher ed. It also sits amid the backdrop of the 1960s, when threats to cut funding over protests became real. marketwatch.com/story/if-histo…
From Venessa Wong: Across the U.S., many families — even those with a six-figure income — are struggling to support a middle-class quality of life, meaning they can afford to cover their needs and some of their wants, and still set aside money for savings. marketwatch.com/story/a-100-00…