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Retirement Management Journal - Volume 14, Number 1, 2025

Book Review: The Real Retirement Crisis

Why (Almost) Everything You Know About the US Retirement System Is Wrong, by Andrew G. Biggs
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Andrew Biggs challenges the prevailing narrative of a looming retirement crisis, arguing that current and future retirees are in a stronger financial position than much of the research suggests. The Real Retirement Crisis examines Social Security, state and local government pensions, and private savings through 401(k) plans and IRAs to make the case that the conventional picture of retirement insecurity is overstated. 
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The peer-reviewed Retirement Management Journal promotes academic research and innovative thinking across the world of retirement-income planning and management, elevating topics directly related to the Retirement Management Advisor® (RMA®) curriculum. Each issue features a Visionaries Series interview with retirement planning authorities and experts from industry-leading firms.