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African American businesswoman raising hand, asking question in business conference

The brief’s key findings are: U.S. workers have been facing growing competition from trade and automation. Do these factors push more workers into “nontraditional” jobs, defined as those without health and retirement benefits? This issue may be a particular concern for older workers, who increasingly need longer careers with continued access to benefits. The results…

Art saying Now what?

For baby boomers who thought they were on the path to retirement, the road is shifting beneath their feet. Danielle Harrison, a financial planner in Columbia, Missouri, sees a raft of problems stemming from the COVID-19-induced economic slowdown. Many older workers getting close to retirement age are taking big hits to nest eggs that wer…