On AlterNet: savings

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "savings"

If You Just Entered the Workforce, Not to Worry: Social Security Isn't Going Anywhere

Nan Mooney, AlterNet. September 17, 2009.

Surprising numbers of workers in their 20s and 30s have little faith in their retirement security. Here's why they should be more optimistic.

We've Been Trapped Inside a Bad Health Care System So Long, We Don't Even Know How Much We're Missing

Sara Robinson, Campaign for America's Future. June 26, 2009.

Our current system has robbed us of the chance to save, educate ourselves, see the world and live to a robust old age.

Is the Future Going Down the Drain? Baby Boomers Going Bust

Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. March 6, 2009.

Millions of boomers born into the dawn of the largest economic expansion in history are being forced to re-imagine their retirement futures.

Not Saving? Strategies To Help You Start

G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Christian Science Monitor. March 7, 2007.

Americans have been spending more than they save for nearly two years, and 2006 was the worst year for saving since 1933. To turn it around, experts say, know your weaknesses.