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This year’s Social Security Trustees Report has taken a major step towards offering a more realistic assessment of Social Security’s financial status. Unfortunately, the Trustees “offsetting” assumptions mask the full impact of their important changes…
Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, AI’s potential impact on labor markets has been a growing worry. This concern has centered on the replacement of workers, with a special focus on younger…
Medicare receives too little attention. While the Trustees’ Report on Social Security makes headlines, commentary on Medicare is relegated to the back pages. Yet Medicare is a huge and growing program, operating in an expensive environment…
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President Donald Trump’s interest in partially adopting the Australian retirement system will meet legislative hurdles and resistance from employers whose buy-in will primarily hinge on how much it will cost.
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Artificial intelligence has prompted concerns that workers – particularly young professionals – could be replaced by advancing technology. Yet signs are emerging that older workers are also affected.
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The main reason that U.S. workers end up with inadequate retirement savings is that, at any given time, only about half of workers ages 25-64 are participating in an employer-sponsored pension (see Figure 1)…
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This newsletter highlights new research on married couples’ 401(k) saving, the latest on Social Security’s finances, and the impact of AI on older workers. Check out these briefs and more!…