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		<title>Next Event: Will Great Investment Returns Bail Out State Pension Plans?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Next Event Kenneth R. Solow   Will Great Investment Returns Bail Out State Pension Plans? Date: Thursday, April 28 Time: 8:30 a.m. Location: Distilled Spirits Council 1250 Eye Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20005 (Directions here) Kenneth R. Solow is a founding partner and Chief Investment Officer with Pinnacle Advisor Group, Inc., a registered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://savingsandretirement.org/2011/04/21/next-event-will-great-investment-returns-bail-out-state-pension-plans/</link>
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		<title>Next Event: Chuck Blahous &#8220;Social Security: The Unfinished Work&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who: Chuck Blahous will discuss his book &#8220;Social Security: The Unfinished Work&#8221; (Here) Where: American Enterprise Institute Directions When: February 22nd 8:30am Bio: Charles Blahous is a public trustee for Social Security and Medicare, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow with the New America Foundation&#8217;s fiscal policy program. He previously [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://savingsandretirement.org/2011/02/08/next-event-chuck-blahous-social-security-the-unfinished-work/</link>
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		<title>Event: Jan. 12 – &#8220;State and Local Pension Funding Deficits: A Primer&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, January 12, 2011, the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at the Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20036 [Directions to Brookings], at 8:30 a.m. Brookings Economic Studies fellow Douglas Elliott will discuss his research “State and Local Pension Funding Deficits: A Primer.” The financial health of state and local [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://savingsandretirement.org/2011/01/04/event-jan-12-%e2%80%93-state-and-local-pension-funding-deficits-a-primer/</link>
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		<title>Event: Dec. 8 &#8211; &#8220;A Look at Private-Sector Retirement Plan Income After ERISA&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, December 8, 2010, the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at the Investment Company Institute, 1401 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005 [Directions to ICI], at 8:00 a.m. ICI Senior Economist Peter Brady will discuss his research “A Look at Private-Sector Retirement Plan Income After ERISA.” Among his findings are that retirement [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/11/23/499/</link>
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		<title>Event: Nov. 9 &#8212; &#8220;Healthy Life Expectancy&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, November 9, 2010, the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at the American Action Forum, 1401 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20005 [Directions to AAF], at 8:30 a.m. Seth Richards-Shubik, Ph.D., will present &#8220;Healthy Life Expectancy by Education: Estimates and Implications for Retirement Age Policy.&#8221; His research focuses on two themes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/10/13/494/</link>
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		<title>Event: A Proposal for Retirement Plan Reform &#8212; Oct. 7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, October 7, 2010, the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at the Congressional Budget Office, D St SW &#038; 2nd Ave SW, Washington, District of Columbia [Directions to CBO], at 8:30 a.m. Mark J. Warshawsky, Ph.D., will present &#8220;A Proposal for Retirement Plan Reform.&#8221; A preponderance of evidence from studies of retirement [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/10/02/event-a-proposal-for-retirement-plan-reform-oct-7/</link>
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		<title>Event: Jack VanDerhei &#8212; September 16</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, September 16, 2010, the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at the Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Ave NE Washington DC 20002 [Directions to Heritage], at 8:30 a.m. Employee Benefit Research Institute research director Jack VanDerhei will speak on the subject of retirement income preparation and future prospects. If you plan on coming [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/09/08/479/</link>
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		<title>Savings and Retirement Event: Savings Rates In The U.S.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, July 27, 2010, the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at Fidelity Investments (325 7th street, NW on the 6th floor)  [Directions here], at 8:30am. Fidelity Senior Vice President for Policy Development and Market Planning Pamela Everheart will speak on the subject of “The impact of financial guidance on plan participants.&#8221;  Sue [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/07/20/savings-and-retirement-event-savings-rates-in-the-us/</link>
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		<title>Event: Will Automatic Enrollment Reduce Employer Contributions to 401(k) Plans?&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, June 29, 2010, the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at the Urban Institute (2100 M Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037)  [Directions to UI], at 8:30am. International Monetary Fund technical assistance adviser Mauricio Soto and Urban Institute senior research associate Barbara A. Butrica will present their paper “Will Automatic Enrollment Reduce Employer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/06/02/event-will-automatic-enrollment-reduce-employer-contributions-to-401k-plans/</link>
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		<title>Event: Social Security &#8212; A Fresh Look At Policy Alternatives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, April 15th, 2010 the Savings and Retirement Forum will be held at Cato 1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC [Directions to CATO], at 8:30am. CATO senior fellow Jagadeesh Gokhale will talk about his new book &#8220;Social Security: A Fresh Look At Policy Alternatives.&#8221; Many of us suspect that Social Security faces eventual bankruptcy. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://savingsandretirement.org/2010/04/10/event-social-security-a-fresh-look-at-policy-alternatives/</link>
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