Teresa Ghilarducci Professions : AcademicBorn : July 22, 1957 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Teresa Ghilarducci My research shows that uncertainty about your income at older ages causes more depression, causes more anxiety, which could lead to more chronic heart failure, heart disease, does actually mean shorter lifespans. Teresa Ghilarducci anxietyheartmean Over half of people who are working now and over 50 have nothing for retirement savings. They will only have Social Security to rely on. Teresa Ghilarducci relyretirementpeople We live in a culture where it's just delicious to shame and blame. We have what I call sometimes a "smugtocracy." Teresa Ghilarducci blamesometimesculture We're finding that very well-educated people, people who have done everything right, are behind, really behind. And they are hoping they can stay in the labor market, but a word that's used in other countries that isn't used here is very apt here. Teresa Ghilarducci donecountrypeople And our conception that the way we can mitigate the fact that people don't have retirement savings can be more work, or working longer, or just sort of staying in the game for longer is really a false hope. And it's a false promise. Teresa Ghilarducci retirementpeoplepromise People are coming into old age without sufficient money to maintain their lifestyles, and many of them will be poor or near poor when they were once middle class. Teresa Ghilarducci money Raising the minimum benefit to the poverty level is not very expensive. Teresa Ghilarducci top-news Similar Authors Brian Fitzgerald academic Anthony Aveni academic Amitai Etzioni academic Ali Mazrui academic Dennis Altman academic Denis Donoghue academicAll Authors
