The New School’s Teresa Ghilarducci, Economist and Author, Joins AARP Solutions Forum

“Promoting Individual Retirement Saving”

Leading National Expert on Retirement Security Calls for
Guaranteed Retirement Accounts

WHAT:

With the U.S. personal savings rate in the red, the future is increasingly uncertain for many middle- and low-income households. Teresa Ghilarducci, economist, author, and retirement security expert, will join a panel convened by the AARP to present her proposal for Guaranteed Retirement Accounts as a responsible public policy solution to restructure and secure the United States’ deteriorating retirement system. The Director of The New School’s Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, Ghilarducci’s upcoming book, When I'm 64; The Plot Against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them, investigates the effect of pension losses on older Americans.

WHO:

Teresa Ghilarducci, Bernard L. and Irene Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Analysis at The New School for Social Research; Director, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis

David C. John, Senior Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation and Retirement Security Project

Kevin Hassett, Director of Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute

Janet McCubbin, Director, Economic Issues, AARP Public Policy Institute

WHEN:

Tuesday, April 29, Lunch: 12:00noon; Program: 12:30p.m.-2:00p.m.

WHERE:

The Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Thornton Room, 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

RSVP:

Admission is free, but seating is limited. Please RSVP to fisherb@newschool.edu or 212.229.5667 x3094

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