Spending regular time in nature appears to have strong psychological benefits. As more compelling evidence emerges, doctors are increasingly promoting our mental health by writing down the time between greenery or nearby water. While those recommendations may help some people, new research suggests that there is a fine line between …
Read More »China’s industrial profits rise in fourth month
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Profits of China’s industrial companies rose for the fourth straight month in August, driven by lower prices of goods and equipment, the Bureau of Statistics said on Sunday. File photo: On September 2, 2019, a worker welds the edge of a bicycle steel in sports equipment at …
Read More »Was I blind to true feelings of white friends?
DEAR HARRIETTE: The Black Lives Matter movement is the biggest topic today, except for COVID-19. The world is changing, and the truth about people around us has come to light. Harriette Cole My white friends support “all life matters”, and I am confused about what I should think and feel. …
Read More »Shouldn’t my spousal benefit be 50% of my husband’s social security retirement benefit?
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about whether spousal benefits are always half the other spouse’s retirement benefit, divorced survivor benefits before a retirement benefit at age 70, and how totalization agreements with other countries may affect retirement and spousal benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a professor of economics …
Read More »Can I collect Social Security spouse’s benefits on my wife’s record?
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about spouse benefits, return to work after disability benefits, retirement benefits before survivor benefits, and the decrease in what is considered substantial covered earnings due to the closing of the coronavirus. Larry Kotlikoff is a professor of economics at Boston University and …
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