Why do only a minority of Americans feel that they have saved adequately for their retirement? Little is known about why people fail to plan for retirement and whether wide variations in Americans’ financial knowledge may affect their decisions about how much to save and which investments to hold.

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Entrepreneurs have succeeded in the United States because government has historically stayed out of the way.

The reality is that reasons for slower growth in some types of U.S. health care spending within the last few years are rather complex, though partly related to declines in our economy.

The crisis at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac providedanother blow to the U.S. economy, causing some to point an accusing finger atthe free market itself.