11/10/14 - Monday’s Topical Currents examines our looming retirement predicament with James Russell, author of SOCIAL INSECURITY: 401(K)S AND THE RETIREMENT CRISIS. The pitch for 401(K)s began in the 1980s. They were heralded by the financial services industry as better than traditional pensions. Russell says what was promised proved untrue . . . that 401(K) workers will receive but half the income of customary plans. That Topical Currents Monday at 1pm.
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