Tag: Social security annuitization

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At a recent Brookings Institution forum on the decumulation of wealth in 401(k) plans, Dick Thaler, a behavioral economist and Nobel laureate, suggested that workers be allowed to send the Social Security Administration a portion of their 401(k) savings in exchange for an annuity.  The amount eligible for annuitization could be capped at $250,000 or…