MarketWatch Blogs

Filter
Older man working

In a Post-COVID world, are older people working? Sometimes, on a lazy summer afternoon, I like to go into the Current Population Survey – the monthly survey that yields the government’s estimate of the unemployment rate – and just tabulate away. What can I say, my social life just isn’t what it used to b…

harbour in Copenhagen with typical colorful houses and boats with national flag of Denmark

We, too, should restore balance to our system, but inequality precludes an across-the-board increase. Denmark recently raised its retirement age to 70 for Danes born in 1971 or later.  Should we do the same thing?  The answer is two-fold.  On the one hand, Congress should enact legislation to restore balance to our Social Security system,…

MarketWatch Blogs