How retirement planning and retirement spending calculators work and what are some of their flaws. Why figuring out how much money you will have when you retire and how long it will last is a lot like the work hydrologists do to figure out whether Phoenix or Los Angeles will run out of water.

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Retirement - What You Need To Know About Retirement Calculators

How to estimate how long your assets will last in retirement and the steps you can take to take make them last longer.

Retirement - Do You Have Enough To Retire

Why lower retirement spending rates means most retirees will need to work some during their retirement years.

Retirement - The Retirement Journey

Why individuals need to save more for retirement and how to figure out how much more you should save.    

Retirement - Please Save More

Why your retirement spending rate should vary over time based on individual and market circumstances.

Retirement - How Much Can You Spend In Retirement

How to deplete most of your assets before you die by using single premium immediate annuities.

Retirement - Die Broke

The simple formula to sustain an early retirement without running out of money.

Retirement - To Retire Early, Mind the Gap

A traditional thirty year retirement will be out of reach for most people. How to live like you are already retired.

Retirement - Live Like You’re Already Retired

A preview of this season's episode on retirement strategy and retirement philosophy.

Retirement Topics Trailer

What could happen if the U.S. Congress doesn’t raise the debt ceiling and defaults on U.S. financial obligations.

National Debt: The Debt Ceiling and U.S. Debt Default

Why the likelihood of a future fiscal crisis sparked by the national debt depends on whether there is a limited or an unlimited supply of money. Is it possible the federal government’s endless borrowing could crowd out the private sector and harm the economy?

National Debt: The Most Important Economic Question of Our Time

Why Social Security will not collapse and the four actions government can take to make sure it won’t.

National Debt: Will Social Security Go Bankrupt?

What does the U.S. government spend its money on. Why cutting federal spending and trying to lower the national debt reduces household income and spending, potentially causing a recession.

National Debt: Where Federal Money Flows

Why some nations are at risk of default on their national debt and others are not. Why the U.S. national debt will never be repaid.

National Debt: How Worried Should You Be About It?

Why all federal governments are insolvent but investors still line up to buy government debt at low interest rates.

National Debt: All Countries Are Insolvent

With close to 200 episodes of Money For the Rest of Us, this show organizes original episodes by topic such as money, retirement, and other economic and investing themes. Each topic is introduced by the host David Stein with a newly recorded trailer.

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