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March 2012 by mimi park Leave a Comment

The People’s Pension

The People’s Pension is the title of a new book by Eric Laursen to be published in April. With a subtitle The Struggle to Defend Social Security since Reagan, this book is a magnum opus in every sense. Its 800 pages provide the reader with an extensive chronology of events relating to the historical development […]

Filed Under: Social Security

February 2012 by mimi park Leave a Comment

Where is the Public Debate on National Retirement Income Policy?

In the March 2011 edition of Commentary with the title Appeal for a National Retirement Income Policy we called for a Presidential Commission to be established to investigate and report on the current state of provision for retirement income in the United States. We identified the major issues to be examined by the Commission as: […]

Filed Under: Pensions, Social Security

January 2012 by mimi park Leave a Comment

The Challenge of Lifetime Income Management

Lifetime income management presents challenges at the individual, institutional and national level. At each of these three levels, the economic challenge is to generate lifetime capital and income and allocate these financial resources efficiently to meet needs at each stage of life. Shakespeare identified seven ages of man in As you like it, progressing from […]

Filed Under: Investment, Pensions

December 2011 by buffinadmin

OECD Issues Economic Outlook and Calls for Corrective Actions

The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD ) projects a decline in GDP growth for its 34 member countries from 1.9% in 2011 to 1.6% in 2012, before recovering to 2.3% in 2013. Within the group of OECD countries, the United States is expected to experience a slow growth recovery, the euro area […]

Filed Under: Economics

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Commentary

The Buffin Foundation publishes a newsletter titled Commentary that presents a single page review and analysis of a timely topics related to finance and investment, social security, pensions and retirement issues, or global economic trends and developments.

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