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Measuring and Mitigating Retirement Risk: Policy

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This initiative identifies the major risks that people face as they approach retirement, seeks to understand their perceptions of those risks, measures the potential harm from the risks, and evaluates ways to mitigate them. These risks include longevity, inflation, health, market, policy, and family.

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Uncertainty Around Social Security, Taxes, and Healthcare Is Bad for Households – and the Economy

MarketWatch Blog by Alicia H. Munnell

March 27, 2026
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How Policy Risks Affect Retirement Planning for Older Americans

Issue Brief by Alicia H. Munnell and Gal Wettstein

March 17, 2026
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How Policy Risks Affect Retirement Planning

Special Report by Alicia H. Munnell and Gal Wettstein

March 11, 2026
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How Do Retirement Investors and Financial Advisors View and Cope with Policy Risk?

Working Paper by Alicia H. Munnell and Gal Wettstein

March 11, 2026
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