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A recent blog post reported that David Laibson, a talented behavioral economist at Harvard University, cited annuities as a way to help minimize poor financial decisions associated with dementia, a type of “dementia insurance.” This notion is right on. The retirement income landscape has changed. Increasingly, individuals’ well-being in retirement will depend on how muc…

Chilling. That sums up a documentary about financial fraud against elderly people premiering tomorrow at the Quad Cinema on 13th Street in Manhattan. “Last Will and Embezzlement” is about fraudsters who seek out vulnerable elderly people suffering from cognitive decline for no other purpose than to exploit their trust and steal their money. It’s not…