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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In this “Health Care 101” guide, Christopher J. Conover, author of the just-released “American Health Economy Illustrated,” distinguishes fact from fiction and answers some of the most fundamental questions about health care and health spending in America.

A December 18 AEI conference examined the economic consequences of the wealth effect-the impact changes in wealth have on consumer spending.

Taxing a mere 0.3 percent of the population is not a sustainable way to pay for health care reform.