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9/11/2013 - Will Americans continue to work longer? (MarketWatch)

by on September 12, 2013 5:00 pm
A recent study by Gary Burtless of the Brookings Institution has caused me to worry.   Burtless explored the extent to which the increased educational attainment of older workers – both absolutely and relative to the attainment of prime-age workers – could explain their greater labor force participation. Read the full article at MarketWatch.
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9/10/2013 - Lessons from a life well lived (MoneyWatch)

by on September 12, 2013 4:57 pm
My 92-year-old mother died recently at home, surrounded by her three children, their spouses and two grandchildren. Her life and death provide profound life lessons that I want to share here and in my next post. Read the full article at CBS MoneyWatch.
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9/9/2013 - Retiree Start-Ups With Age and Youth as Partners (New York Times)

by on September 12, 2013 4:54 pm
MICHAEL LOWE was bored with retirement. Luckily, he had a good rapport with his son-in-law, John Uselton, now 40, a fellow enthusiast of home brewing, wine collecting and spirits — with whom he found he could start a business. Their mutual passion for craft distilling eventually grew into New Columbia Distillers, the first microdistillery in… Read more 9/9/2013 - Retiree Start-Ups With Age and Youth as Partners (New York Times)
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9/11/2013 - Will Americans continue to work longer?

by on September 11, 2013 10:45 pm
A recent study by Gary Burtless of the Brookings Institution has caused me to worry.   Burtless explored the extent to which the increased educational attainment of older workers – both absolutely and relative to the attainment of prime-age workers – could explain their greater labor force participation. Read the full article at MarketWatch.

9/11/2013 - Stanford researchers: Feds likely miscalculated health care cost

by on September 11, 2013 4:32 pm
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9/10/2013 - Boomers,GenX and Millennials Squeezed by Zero Interest Rates

by on September 10, 2013 10:46 pm
Whether you’re a Baby Boomer or a Generation Xer or one of the youthful Millennial lot, preparing for retirement carries with it the unique obstacle of earning enough income  in a period of record low interest rates and several volatile and traumatic  moves up and down in stock prices. Read the full article at MarketWatch.
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9/10/2013 - NIH Seeking Baby Boomers Helps Buck Trend of Unemployment

by on September 10, 2013 10:41 pm
NIH is among a cadre of employers going against prevailing trends by seeking out baby boomers. NIH and Scripps Health lead the list of best employers for workers over 50 compiled by the AARP, a Washington-based non-profit advocacy organization for people in this age group, and the Society for Human Resource Management of Alexandria, Virginia. Read the… Read more 9/10/2013 - NIH Seeking Baby Boomers Helps Buck Trend of Unemployment

9/9/213 - Retiree Start-Ups With Age and Youth as Partners (New York Times)

by on September 10, 2013 6:30 pm
Michael Lowe was bored with retirement. He was doing yoga five times a week and reading voraciously after leaving the work force in 2008. He had enjoyed a three-decade legal career, most of it spent as a corporate lawyer for Verizon. The hitch was that his wife, Melissa Kroning, 61, registrar of the Smithsonian American… Read more 9/9/213 - Retiree Start-Ups With Age and Youth as Partners (New York Times)
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9/10/2013 - Lessons from a life well lived

by on September 10, 2013 6:09 pm
My 92-year-old mother died recently at home, surrounded by her three children, their spouses and two grandchildren. Her life and death provide profound life lessons that I want to share here and in my next post. Read the full article at CBS Moneywatch.

9/9/2013 - At Leisure, or Still at Work (New York Times)

by on September 10, 2013 5:16 pm
Stephen Nathan’s wife persuaded him to retire at age 62, telling him it was too much — and too risky — for him to continue driving 60 miles each way to and from his job in upstate New York. But ever since Mr. Nathan retired from his position as director of human resources at Hobart… Read more 9/9/2013 - At Leisure, or Still at Work (New York Times)