Tag: Social Security
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Nation & World
Social Security, Medicare far from doomed, policy expert says
Policy expert Louise Sheiner of Brookings Institution puts the panic over the latest projections in perspective.
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Nation & World
We’re living longer so that just means we work longer, right?
The problem with working longer in life as a solution to affording retirement for a population living longer is that many, if not most, already don’t work until standard retirement age, a new book shows.
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Nation & World
Uncertain forecast for Social Security
A new study has found that the financial health of Social Security, the program millions of Americans have relied on for decades as a crucial part of their income, has been dramatically overstated.
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Nation & World
Portrait of the Tea Party
New book documents a rising movement of likable people with offbeat ideas, who constitute a major influence on the Republican Party in this presidential election.
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Nation & World
Designing a stronger safety net
A new series of free financial planning seminars, sponsored by the Harvard Benefits Office, aims to get employees thinking about retirement long before the last paycheck comes. The next session is April 7.
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Nation & World
Chronic condition
Panelists discussed the impact, failures, and future of health care reform at a Harvard Kennedy School event on Feb. 23.
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