
The 2020 OECD Pensions Outlook provides policy guidelines to strengthen retirement systems post-pandemic. The book launch featured a virtual roundtable discussion including Wharton’s Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell.…Read More
The 2020 OECD Pensions Outlook provides policy guidelines to strengthen retirement systems post-pandemic. The book launch featured a virtual roundtable discussion including Wharton’s Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell.…Read More
Recalibrating retirement planning for our times: Wharton Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell interviewed by Robert Powell, Jason Fichtner, & Anna Rappaport, discussing possible solutions. Via Retirement Management Journal.…Read More
Financial wellness programs as an employee benefit have spread of late, but more can be done given COVID-19’s economic effects, explain Kevin Crain, Surya Kolluri, and Sheila Gorman. See our new RetireSecure blog.…Read More
The Federal Reserve will keep near-zero interest rates ‘til at least 2023. But long-term low returns will lead people to save less for retirement, dip into retirement savings, and start drawing social security benefits earlier than planned, causing problems down the line, says Wharton Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell via Penn Today.…Read More
The next US president faces an economic crisis with no quick solutions. Wharton Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell says that his first priority should be taking the COVID-19 pandemic seriously which will boost the economy, via Newsweek.…Read More
The COVID-19 economic crisis is a perfect storm for retirement savings with near-zero interest rates, early Social Security benefit claiming, some using their retirement accounts to make ends meet, and the looming insolvency of the Social Security Trust Fund: Wharton Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell discusses with Knowledge@Wharton.…Read More
The Federal Reserve plans to keep interest rates at or near zero until at least 2023, and the ongoing economic fallout of COVID-19 puts retirement saving in an even more precarious position. Wharton Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell joins Dan Loney on Wharton Business Daily to discuss what might come next.…Read More
“Building Better Retirement Systems in the Wake of the Global Pandemic”: Wharton Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell, Executive Director of the PRC, gives keynote presentation at the 2020 Conference of the Swedish House of Finance.…Read More
Even before the pandemic, retirement systems were in trouble; fixing them will take a multifaceted effort, including changes to accumulation and payout, a shift in policymakers’ approach, and greater financial literacy among savers, Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell explains to Knowledge@Wharton.…Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and worsened retirement system problems. Now it’s time to reform and strengthen those systems, says Wharton Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell at the RetireSecure blog, discussing her recent paper.…Read More