Chana Joffe-Walt appears in the following:
I Know I'm Supposed To Follow My Passion. But What If I Don't Have A Passion?
Thursday, May 09, 2013
A young college grad asks an economist for advice.
Former Social Security Commissioners and Others Respond to Our Disability Story
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Our series on government disability programs continues to provoke debate.
Most People Are Supposed To Pay This Tax. Almost Nobody Actually Pays It.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
It's called a use tax. Accountants and tax lawyers are some of the only people who pay it.
The Tax Code, Translated Into Plain English
Friday, April 12, 2013
Intangible drilling costs! De minimis fringe! And other essential corners of the tax code, explained.
Americans On Disability Play An Increasingly Important Role In The Economy
Friday, March 29, 2013
Audie Cornish talks with Chana Joffe-Walt of the Planet Money team about her series on federal disability benefits.
Kids May Stay On Disability If Their Parents Rely On The Check
Thursday, March 28, 2013
In a continuing exploration of the nation's disability system, Planet Money looks at one of the fastest growing categories of disability recipients: children. The number of children on the program for poor disabled families is five times what it was 25 years ago.
Moving People From Welfare To Disability Rolls Is A Profitable, Full-Time Job
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Planet Money looks at company called PCG which state governments hire to move people off of welfare and onto disability. States hire PCG to do this because states pay part of the bill for welfare, but don't pay for people on disability.
Planet Money on Disability
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Chana Joffe-Walt, reporter for NPR's Planet Money, discusses her This American Life piece on the rise in the number of people on disability.
Expanded Definition Of Disability Created Million Dollar Opportunity For Lawyers
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
As part of our continuing series on the rapid rise in the number of people receiving federal disability payments, we explore the world of disability lawyers.
In One Alabama County, Nearly 1 In 4 Working-Age Adults Is On Disability
Monday, March 25, 2013
As part of our continuing series on the rapid rise in the number of people receiving federal disability payments, we visit Hale County, Ala., where nearly one in four working-age people are on disability.
14 Million Americans Don't Work Due To Disability, And The Number Is Growing
Friday, March 22, 2013
In the last 15 years the number of people in the U.S. receiving payments from the federal government for disability has nearly doubled. Why? Two experts have been trying to unravel the mystery.
Unfit For Work: The Startling Rise Of Disability In America
Friday, March 22, 2013
The story of federal disability programs — who goes on them, and why, and what happens after that — is, to a large extent, the story of the U.S. economy.
Without Magic, Santa Would Need 12 Million Employees
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
How do you deliver presents to 760 million children in one night? Experts at FedEx and UPS talk us through the numbers.
What The Apollo Astronauts Did For Life Insurance
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, he had to solve a more prosaic problem.
We Set Up An Offshore Company In A Tax Haven
Friday, July 27, 2012
What is striking about all the offshore services available today is that while they are totally legal, the system seems to make it easy to get away with things that are not legal.
