The 2032 Social Security Cliff: Policy and Your Payout
A dual reading path on the looming trust-fund shortfall: the political trade-offs behind reform and the personal timing math of when to claim.
Optimized for books about Understand why Social Security faces a funding shortfall, what reform options exist, and how to plan retirement claiming around it..
Get What's Yours - Revised & UpdatedLaurence J. Kotlikoff, Philip MoellerAuthoritative, practical guide to Social Security claiming rules that helps readers decide when to claim amid shifting...Shelf signal: Retirement Planning
The 5 Years Before You Retire, Updated EditionEmily Guy BirkenClear, actionable retirement-planning steps for the years before retirement that help readers prepare for potential...Shelf signal: Retirement Planning
J.k. Lasser's New Rules for Estate, Retirement, and Tax PlanningStewart H. Welch III, Stewart H. WelchComprehensive estate, retirement, and tax planning reference that situates Social Security within broader tax and...Shelf signal: Estates & Trusts
Winners Take AllAnand GiridharadasExplains how elite policy choices and philanthropic responses shape social programs, useful for understanding political...Shelf signal: Social Class
It's Even Worse Than It LooksThomas E. Mann, Norman J. OrnsteinAnalyzes congressional dysfunction and polarization that help explain why lawmakers struggle to address Social...Shelf signal: Congress & Legislatures
How Countries Go BrokeRay DalioProvides macroeconomic context on how countries reach fiscal crisis, illuminating policy levers and consequences...Shelf signal: Money & Monetary Policy