A new report shows that 1 in 3 Americans have only about one thousand dollars saved for retirement. Rob Ferrett and Veronica Rueckert talk to an economist about the difficulties people face when saving for retirement. They also discuss a proposal to change the NSA’s data collection program, and get some book suggestions from To The Best Of Our Knowledge executive producer Steve Paulson.
Featured in this Show
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Obama Calls To End NSA Bulk Data Collection
President Obama’s administration is proposing to end the National Security Agency’s bulk data collection program and revise the way it collects telephone data. A guest explains what the implications of the change would be, if passed by Congress.
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Book Share With TTBOOK's Steve Paulson
In need of a good read? Steve Paulson, executive producer of WPR’s “To the Best of Our Knowledge” joins us to share some of his latest best reads.
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Retirement Insecurity In The United States
A new report finds that 1 in 3 Americans only have about one thousand dollars saved up for retirement. An economist talks about the difficulties people have in building up a nest egg–and what it might mean for the future.
Episode Credits
- Rob Ferrett Host
- Veronica Rueckert Host
- Cynthia Schuster Producer
- Donald Downs Guest
- Monique Morrissey Guest
- Veronica Rueckert Interviewer
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