Can retirement plans provide safe income?
Featuring Nobel laureate Richard Thaler
Past Event
Welcome and introduction
Welcome and introduction
Panel I: Lifetime income without annuities
Panel II: Reducing key regulatory barriers to annuities in DC plans
Discussion
Running out of money in retirement is one of Americans’ greatest financial fears. Converting retirement saving balances into reliable income is one of the most complex financial decisions people must make. Most 401k and similar plans are not structured to provide lifetime income. Can retirement plans be reformed to provide safe income for the duration of retirees’ lives?
On Thursday, April 18, the Retirement Security Project at Brookings hosted an event to explore ways to create lifetime income for people with 401k-type plans. Nobel laureate Richard Thaler and several other noted experts discussed new Brookings research on retirement plans.
Agenda
Welcome and introduction
Stephanie Aaronson
Senior Associate Director, Division of Research and Statistics - Federal Reserve Board
Former Vice President and Director - Economic Studies
Speaker
Richard Thaler
Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor - University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Lifetime income without annuities
David John
Senior strategic policy advisor - AARP Public Policy Institute
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Brookings Economics Studies
William G. Gale
The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy
Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Director - Retirement Security Project
Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
Session Materials
Reducing key regulatory barriers to annuities in DC plans
J. Mark Iwry
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Visiting Scholar, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Phyllis C. Borzi
Former Assistant Secretary for Employee Benefits Security - U.S. Department of Labor
William G. Gale
The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy
Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Director - Retirement Security Project
Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
Session Materials
Discussion
Richard Thaler
Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor - University of Chicago Booth School of Business
William G. Gale
The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy
Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Director - Retirement Security Project
Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
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