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Will Social Security be There for You?

By Karen Dynan·June 12, 2018
Harvard University

The Issue:

The good news in the 2018 report of the Trustees of the Social Security Trust Fund, released in early June, was that the program is expected to have enough money to pay for scheduled retirement benefits for the next decade and a half. There are concerns, however, about the longer-run financing of the ...
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Social Security Benefits: When Do You Plan to Retire?

By Jesse Rothstein·February 9, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

The Issue:

Social Security provides retirement benefits to over 40 million people each year. Current projections indicate that the program faces a long-term financing shortfall, and many Americans wonder whether the program will survive to pay them the benefits they have earned. President Trump pledged repeatedly ...
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