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Older workers now face two major impediments: looming Social Security cuts and rapidly evolving workplace priorities. I have been thinking about how artificial intelligence technology affects my college-aged students, both intellectually and economically. But even though I research retirement, I hadn’t focused on how AI might impact people later in their careers.  Recently, a Wa…

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How demographics and recent tax laws are squeezing Social Security. This year’s Social Security Trustees Report took a major step towards offering a more realistic assessment of Social Security’s financial status as the Trustees recognized that the fertility rate is not likely to rebound and that lower immigration and the GOP tax law known as…

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