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Teresa Ghilarducci & Rick McGahey argue that wage-led growth should form the foundation of a coherent vision for America.
New Trustees Report: Social Security's retirement fund runs dry in 2032.
Our Tracking the Retirement Crisis series flagged this in March - the OBBBA traded temporary tax breaks for a weaker revenue base & an earlier insolvency date.
The full analysis: www.economicpolicyresearch.org/research/the...
We just published a TrumpIRA explainer by @tghilarducci . Read it here to learn more about the executive order and what TrumpIRAs can and cannot accomplish. www.economicpolicyresearch.org/research/the...
Senator Harkin quoted his favorite passage from "Work, Retire, Repeat" at the @harkininstitute.bsky.social Retirement Security Symposium this morning: "Retirement is moral, political and social, not scientific".
Congrats on your Visionary Award, @tghilarducci.bsky.social !!
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Our Executive Director, @tghilarducci.bsky.social will receive the Visionary Award from the @harkininstitute.bsky.social this morning. You can watch both her award acceptance and her keynote live here:
harkininstitute.drake.edu/2026/03/06/1...
SCEPA Fellow @jessforden.bsky.social joined the Health Policy Podcast to discuss Professor Ghilarducci's research & the policies needed to build a more secure retirement for Americans.
Listen here: thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com/p/ms-jessica...
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Teresa Ghilarducci & Rick McGahey argue that wage-led growth should form the foundation of a coherent vision for America.
Show me a nation's retirement system, and I'll show you how it treats its workers. The U.S. calls retiring at 62 "early." Italy's "Rule of 103" asks a different question: how many years of work is enough?
My new Forbes column:
www.forbes.com/sites/teresa...
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The new Trustees Report gives us 6 years before an automatic 22% cut to Social Security benefits. We don't need to cut benefits or raise workers' taxes. My latest: www.forbes.com/sites/teresa...
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Honored and grateful to receive the Visionary Award from the @harkininstitute.bsky.social at the Harkin Retirement Security Symposium. You can tune in now to hear my Keynote Address.
www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-harki...
Work, Retire, Repeat's review in @nybooks.com is not gentle & not wrong about the coming humanitarian & political crisis. Chappel’s Golden Years brings the history into focus, while the present crisis speaks for itself. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis
Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis
Italy lets workers retire after 40 years on the job. That's not early retirement — it's retirement justice. America should learn from it.
Social Security’s 2026 Trustees Report warns benefits face a 22 percent cut in 2032. Here’s why the shortfall grew and how broadening the tax base can fix it.
