Episode 15: How Might the COVID Economy and Upcoming Elections Reshape the Future of Retirement?

09/07/2020 50 min
Episode 15: How Might the COVID Economy and Upcoming Elections Reshape the Future of Retirement?

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The Honorable Seth Harris, former Deputy Secretary and Acting Secretary of Labor in the Obama Administration, discusses the challenges and options for addressing retirement coverage and adequacy, including the importance of state-facilitated retirement savings programs and provisions of the Secure Act, including pooled employer plans and lifetime income. He also shares his thoughts about how retirement policy and priorities might be different if there are changes in Congress and an Administration after the November 2020 national election.

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