Retailers have been screaming for years about the high interchange fees they pay to banks for the privilege of accepting Visa and Mastercard, and they tried unsuccessfully to get a fee limit included in this year’s credit-card legislation. Now the Government…

All the behavioral theories about workers’ inertia appear to be true. According to a new Government Accountability Office study, participation in 401k plans is boosted significantly when employers add an  automatic-enrollment feature.  The GAO reviewed six other research efforts, which…

When the Government Accountability Office talks about preventing leakage from 401k plans, it isn’t talking about the bear market that siphoned a big gusher of money out of your account. That, presumably, would have been difficult to prevent. Rather, a…

If you want to learn why the U.S. Postal Service needs to close some post offices in St. Louis, a Government Accountability Office report from last week is a good place to start your education. Here’s the big-picture problem:

USPS now projects mail…