Tag: American Academy of Actuaries

And raising the Full Retirement Age from 67 to 70 would be the worst way to cut them. The American Academy of Actuaries – a group of usually sober and sensible people – recently issued a brief making the case for “Raising the Social Security Retirement Age.” Their argument is straightforward. Social Security is…

Breaking the link between employers and retirement may be key to better system. Lots of proposals have been put forth for a new and better retirement system, but they don’t answer the question of how we get from here to there.[1] We have a fairly extensive – albeit far from perfect – 401(k) system that…