Tag: baby boomers
Mothers often work less because, well, they’re also moms. Still, they generally work consistently enough to qualify for Social Security pensions based on their own earnings records – rather than on their husbands’, as was common when more women were full-time housewives or worked just a few hours a week while the kids were at…
This New Yorker cartoon by Trevor Spaulding is cute, but – spoiler alert – it’s not quite right. A company offering a 401(k) retirement savings plan to its workers is a good thing, but it’s no “favor,” noted my long-time editor Steve Sass, an economist with a hawk eye for inaccurate retirement information. Setting u…
