Tag: Social Security
Social Security and unemployment insurance provide critical protection. Social insurance is the best way to protect people against risks small and large, predictable and unforeseen, routine and calamitous. It provides a framework for broad-based participation, contributions from both the high-paid and low-paid, and a steady source of benefits when the time comes. Given the nation’s…
Many baby boomers retire the conventional way – by leaving their career jobs. For the others, the first step in retiring involves stopping over in a different job than they’ve held for years. A sketch of the older workers who transition to post-career jobs – and their reasons for doing so – emerges from a…
