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2/16/13 - Fiscal trouble ahead for most future retirees (Washington Post)
by borges on February 19, 2013 7:54 pm
For the first time since the New Deal, a majority of Americans are headed toward a retirement in which they will be financially worse off than their parents, jeopardizing a long era of improved living standards for the nation’s elderly, according to a growing consensus of new research. The Great Recession and the weak recovery… Read more 2/16/13 - Fiscal trouble ahead for most future retirees (Washington Post)
2/19/2013 - Millions expect to outlive retirement savings
by admin on February 19, 2013 3:13 pm
With household incomes under pressure from the recession, unemployment and tax increases, more than half of the world’s working population says they are not preparing adequately for a comfortable retirement, and nearly 20% is saving nothing at all. Read the full article at CNN Money.
2/18/2013 - Dream big, act now: Six secrets of retirement
by admin on February 18, 2013 8:53 pm
This story is part of Money magazine’s retirement special Dream big, act now: Six secrets of retirement, which lays out the key drivers of retirement happiness — including your investments, health, career, family, midlife changes and debt — and what you can do about them. Healthy Living: Key to a Happy Retirement “DNA isn’t your… Read more 2/18/2013 - Dream big, act now: Six secrets of retirement
2/18/2013 - Certain Television Fare Can Help Ease Aggression in Young Children, Study Finds
by admin on February 18, 2013 5:02 pm
“Here we have an experiment that proposes a potential solution,” said Dr. Thomas N. Robinson, a professor of pediatrics at Stanford, who was not involved in the study. “Giving this intervention — exposing kids to less adult television, less aggression on television and more prosocial television — will have an effect on behavior.” Read the… Read more 2/18/2013 - Certain Television Fare Can Help Ease Aggression in Young Children, Study Finds
2/18/2013 - 5 Ways To Fix Social Security
by admin on February 18, 2013 3:10 pm
The Social Security trust fund is expected to be exhausted in 2033. After that, there will be enough tax revenue coming in to pay out about three quarters of promised benefits. However, a few changes to the system could prevent these steep benefit cuts. Here are five potential Social Security changes, and how much of… Read more 2/18/2013 - 5 Ways To Fix Social Security
2/18/2013 - No Country for Old Age
by admin on February 18, 2013 3:01 pm
Pension spending is growing rapidly, but remains under 3 percent of gross domestic product — well under the levels in mature welfare states. (Social Security represents about 4.9 percent of G.D.P. in the United States.)
2/16/2013 - The U.S. Is Aging Faster Than Anticipated
by admin on February 16, 2013 9:19 pm
According to recently released Census Bureau projections, the U.S. population is aging faster than previously expected — and the implications are enormous. Read the full article at Next Avenue.
2/16/2013 - Fiscal trouble ahead for most future retirees
by admin on February 16, 2013 3:07 pm
For the first time since the New Deal, a majority of Americans are headed toward a retirement in which they will be financially worse off than their parents, jeopardizing a long era of improved living standards for the nation’s elderly, according to a growing consensus of new research. Read the full article at The Washington… Read more 2/16/2013 - Fiscal trouble ahead for most future retirees
2/15/2013 - What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Aging: An Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker's Conversation-Starter on Women and Aging
by admin on February 15, 2013 11:52 pm
Ten years ago, when I began work on the short documentary that would become Kings Point, issues of aging weren’t really a part of the public discussion. In a way, that helped me: because they were not talking with one another or their children, the subjects of my film—my grandmother’s friends and neighbors in her… Read more 2/15/2013 - What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Aging: An Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker's Conversation-Starter on Women and Aging
2/15/2013 - Sun City It’s Not
by admin on February 15, 2013 8:20 pm
When the co-op conversion wave began in New York City in the 1960s, singles and young married couples flocked to the Upper West Side hoping to get a piece of the action. Some of those people, now in their 70s, are still there, cemented in place by apartments bought for a song or equally treasured… Read more 2/15/2013 - Sun City It’s Not
