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Equilibrium Models of Personal Bankruptcy: A Survey .

Limited Participation and the Neutrality of Money.

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"Retirement Income: The Crucial Role of Social Security" finds
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and with incomes in the middle 60 percent of the income spectrum had
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"Retirement Income: The Crucial Role of Social Security" finds
that between 1989 and 2001 these households also became a little more
likely to reach two important benchmarks: the ability to replace at
least 75 percent of pre-retirement income and to count on income at
least twice the poverty rate.