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The average American retirement account balance just hit $146,400, and the media is celebrating. But here’s what they’re not telling you: $146,000 and some change is not a reasonable retirement balance. At the standard 4% withdrawal rate, that's about $488 a month, before factori ...  Show more

Right now, anxiety over Social Security is exploding across the country. Not just among retirees, but younger workers too. Americans across all age brackets and income levels are asking the same question: “Will Social Security even be there when I retire?”On this episode of Inves ...  Show more

Most economic textbooks will tell you that there can be real dangers in running up a big national debt. A major concern is how the debt you add now could slow down economic growth in the future. Economists have not been able to nail down how much debt a country can safely take on ...  Show more

Every year, the U.S. government spends more money than it takes in. In order to fund all that spending, the country takes on debt. Congress has the power to limit how much debt the U.S. takes on. Right now, the debt limit is $31.4 trillion dollars. Once we reach that limit, Congr ...  Show more

This week on the Economics Show, we're bringing you an interview with Ray Dalio, from our foreign affairs podcast, the Rachman Review. It originally broadcast on July 3.Gideon talks to Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund and author of a ne ...  Show more

Jamaica’s economy struggled for decades, and at one point it had amassed debts worth more than 140 per cent of GDP. Even the IMF wouldn’t return its calls. But somehow, in the 2010s, it managed to halve its government debt – over just seven years. Today on the show, we ask how ...