Low Fertility Is a Really Big Problem – with an Easy Answer – Center for Retirement Research

Giving money to new parents won’t fix the issue. In recent weeks, the government released provisional data for 2024 that ...
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Are You Headed for Retirement Heaven or Hell? – Milwaukee Financial & Retirement Advisors

Retirement author Mike Drak shares his story of emerging from the hardships of retirement to finding his own satisfaction. You’ve ...
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Philosophy is not the words of books
When the philosopher Musonius—one of the late period stoics of the same era as Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius—was asked ...
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Economic Insecurity for Older Adults in a High-Cost State – Center for Retirement Research

The brief’s key findings are: This study explores whether living in a high-wealth, high-cost state – like Massachusetts – helps or hurts ...
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Sustaining Sanity For The Long Adventure Ahead

Today’s guest post is from Ms. FUnds who writes over at FUFIRE. She has had some tough times and her ...
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The secret of education

Warning: this is a contrarian post and as such it may question some deeply held beliefs. If you keep going ...
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The Canada Child Benefit (CCB): Get Paid to Have Kids?

FIRECracker is a world-travelling early retiree. She used to live in one of the most expensive cities in Canada, but ...
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Dealing with well-intended advice

From a consumer and even from a gross domestic product perspective owning a lot of products or things may indicate ...
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May 2025 Best of the Web

This month’s resources focus on simplifying your finances, from your portfolio to your budget. We have preliminary news about new ...
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The Real Cost of Summer Debt (and How You Can Avoid It)

The Real Cost of Summer Debt (and How You Can Avoid It) Every year, Americans take on summer debt. According ...
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