Seniors with little to no money die up to nine years sooner than those with a lot, a study shows. Here are tips to get more ...

In a recent article, Teresa Ghilarducci, a prominent economist who focuses on retirement issues, highlights what she sees as the problem of elderly poverty in the United States: “Already, America’s ...

The link between wealth and longevity is well established. But this new research suggests that the life-expectancy gap ...

Part 2 of a series explaining how, evidence to the contrary, most Americans, most journalists and most policymakers believe the U.S. retirement system is failing. Drawn from The Real Retirement Crisis ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) David W. Rasmussen, Florida State University (THE CONVERSATION) In 1959, more than a ...

After a decades-long decline in poverty among elderly populations, there has been a sharp uptick in recent years. This dangerous trend particularly affects older women. According to a recent ...

The economy is churning out mixed signals these days, with a flurry of separate reports suggesting America is experiencing high growth and job creation — and rising poverty. But Carolyn Solar, who ...

Old age has become a strangely tangled subject in the United States. Even after Joe Biden delivered one of the worst debate performances in recent history, his defenders routinely denounced his ...

By comparison, elderly poverty rates in other OECD nations were significantly lower in 2022. The Nordic countries, including ...