Retirement issues in the 21st Century
June 16th, 2008
I spent last week with some of the nation’s top experts on retirement security at a fellowship program hosted by the National Press Foundation (NPF) and underwritten by Prudential. Our group of 17 journalists heard presentations on Social Security, pensions, health care, annuities, retirement housing and the federal budget deficit. All the sessions were on the record, and I plan to use a good deal of the material soon in Retire Smart columns. In the meantime, NPF has posted audio and Powerpoint presentations on its website. Each of the sessions runs about an hour, but if you’re interested in a five-star briefing on any of these issues, look no farther. Highlights:
Our Fiscal Future. Isabel Sawhill, Senior Fellow and co-director of the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institution.
Change in the Air. John Rother, Group Executive Officer of Policy and Strategy for AARP.
Retirement in the Private Sector. Dallas Salisbury, President & CEO, Employee Benefit Research Institute.
Future of Retirement Living. Elinor Ginzle, Director, Livable Communities, Office of Social Impact, AARP.
What Americans Know About Retirement. Barbara Bovbjer, Director for Education, Workforce and Income Security Issues at the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
Decumulation. Mary Beth Franklin, Senior editor of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine.
Retirement Planning. Jac Herschler, head of marketing, Prudential Annuities.
The entire roster of speakers is available here.
