Does happiness have a price? For a majority of Americans, the answer is yes — but it it doesn’t come cheap. About 6 in 10 of Americans believe money can buy happiness, according to a new poll from financial services firm Empower. Yet to achieve happiness through financial means, most people say they’d need a […]
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Social Security ‘Apocalypse’ is in our future
Millions of American workers are concerned about what kind of financial safety net they will have when they retire, as fears grow for the future of Social Security. A huge majority—88 percent—of Americans are counting on Social Security to see them through retirement, saying the payments will be “extremely” or “reasonably” important to them, according […]
US Life expectancy lowest in 20 years
The average life expectancy for Americans shortened by over seven months last year, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That decrease follows an already big decline of 1.8 years in 2020. As a result, the expected life span of someone born in the U.S. is now 76.4 years — […]