…“golden age” is just branding. And the good life remains out of reach for most people. Rhetoric Isn’t Reform: The Good Life Can’t Be an Applause Line – Roosevelt Institute…

…the biggest source of bankruptcy in the nation. And of course, as I’ve written before, this is all connected to another reality: that life expectancy is down for everyone, while the…

…I looked up the link in the AEI article (below) and did not immediately find a projection for SS]. They say that increases in life expectancy will increase costs, and…

…faces is a potential 20% cut in benefits if the payroll tax is not increased to keep up with increases in life expectancy. The increase needed would be about 2%…

…expected increase in life expectancy, the income to Social Security will fall short by about the year 2034. It turns out the shortfall can be prevented, completely and forever by…

…debts related to agriculture. Americans of Color suffer most in biggest U.S. drop in life expectancy since WWII, Modern Healthcare While white Americans lost 1.36 years, Black Americans lost 3.25…

…higher life expectancy, as well as for those who admire such things, still greater identified economic freedom, although that is being cut back as PRC direct control increases in Hong…

…been, paid for entirely by workers who are paying in advance for their own longer life expectancy after they can no longer work. Living longer costs more but does not…

…COVID-19. Since the early 20th century, mortality rates in the United States have generally decreased (meaning life expectancy has generally risen). Mortality rates have decreased more quickly for younger people…

…the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. We also examined specific COVID-related outcome measures. Outcome measures included: life expectancy at birth, excess deaths due to the pandemic, and deaths with preventable…