Month: April 2022

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky gives her opening statement during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing on “Next Steps: The Road Ahead for the COVID-19 Response” on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 4, 2021. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on Tuesday said there is enough
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I was 64 on New Year’s Eve 2015, when I worked my last shift at the Chicago Tribune. I packed up my cubicle, turned off the lights and – just like that – dropped the curtain on one of the most rewarding chapters of my life. At first, I was giddy with all the freedom
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Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about whether people who hadn’t filed yet missed the January 2022 5.9% COLA, spousal benefit rat4es after early retirement benefits and switching to retirement benefits after early survivor’s benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc.
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Economic fallout from continuing Covid lockdowns in Shanghai and elsewhere in China is hard to predict. Overall declines in China share prices this year, especially in Hong Kong, contributed to a drop in the number of mainland billionaires on the new 2022 Forbes Billionaires List unveiled today. (See related post here.) Ultimately, however, the current
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