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Government Spending Is Out of Control! LOL

The Big Picture

As Paul Krugman recently wrote on his excellent Substack , using a chart identical to the one immediately above (Paul used FRED ): “People may imagine that government is a bigger part of the economy than it is because of all the money we spend supporting retired Americans, covering their health bills, and so on [Chart 1].

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Loans and Hardship Withdrawals From 401(k)s Are Rising

Wealth Management

A new study finds more Americans tapping their retirement accounts early with the economy on shaky ground.

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The 2024 Sector Quilt

A Wealth of Common Sense

We also answered questions about 2025 retirement account limits, Coast FIRE strategies, when to take money off the table from the stock market, how to account for pension and Social Security income during retirement and how other economies impact the U.S.

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Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns

Abnormal Returns

(allstarcharts.com) A rave review for Kyla Scanlon's "In This Economy: How Money & Markets Really Work." marginalrevolution.com) Ed Slott talks about his book "The Retirement Savings Bomb Ticks Louder." marginalrevolution.com) The best podcasts of 2024 including 'Stick the Landing' from The Ringer.

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Personal finance links: playing stupid games

Abnormal Returns

ritholtz.com) Christine Benz talks about her new book "How to Retire." peterlazaroff.com) Carl Richards talks with economist Stephanie Kelton talk money and the economy. advisorperspectives.com) Why flexibility is more important than a predetermined withdrawal rate in retirement. He still plenty left to teach us.

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Want More Jobs? Raise the Minimum Wage

The Big Picture

I have been nurturing a pet thesis as to why higher minimum wages are a net positive for an economy: It acts as a transfer of revenue allocation from low-wage employers and franchisees from Capital to Labor. It stays local and is likely to benefit the regional economy. It has aa much smaller impact on the local economy.

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Tuesday links: what prosperity looks like

Abnormal Returns

morningstar.com) Economy New business applications boomed in the pandemic and haven't fallen off much since. npr.org) Five reasons why Americans may not feel great about the economy. abnormalreturns.com) Adviser links: phased retirements. (bloomberg.com) A great reminder that index construction matters.