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Making Good Use of the Consumer Price Index
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Behold, the Big, $87 Trillion Picture
I’m sitting under the thatched roof at the Hula
The Muffled Majority
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The Joy and Terror of Homeownership
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A Heartening Experience
I woke up in a hospital room. A nurse entered and leaned over me. Her
Rearranging Life and Our Economy
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Sandbagging the Pursuit of Happiness
You can’t pursue happiness if you are dead.
Are Your Taxes Too High, Too Low or Just Right?
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The Big Gotcha of 2022
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Social Security increase now likely to be 8.9%
The Consumer Price Index used for the calculation of the annual Social Security benefit cost-of-living