Customer Review: Kotlikoff and Burns seem to get it right for most Americans. They discuss the folly of a single number for retirement e.g, you'll need 80% or 70% of your pre-retirement income to have the same standard of living in retirement. Most of the other reviews go into great depth about the consumption... more info
Customer Review: This is, simply put, a real eye-opener. I've been saying for years that the economy was a house of cards (and the housing bust and present/coming recession are proving me right), but I had no idea. This will change some of what I do regarding my present and future finances. I give the authors... more info
Book Review: The Healthcare Fix Laurence Kotlikoff is an economics professor at Boston University. Mr. Kotlikoff thinks he's the Man with the Plan for universal healthcare in the U.S. The book he's written is a short, fast read which presents a straightforward message: Medicare and... more info
Customer Review: I had the honor of working the Professor Kotlikoff on several occasions in the early 90s. Even in those days, he was well ahead of the thinking on the topic of generational wealth/deficit transfers, off-the-books accounting, and the need for drastic reforms in pensions, social welfare, and... more info
Customer Review: Auerbach and Kotlikoff did a great job! I knew absolutely nothing about macroecnomics before and thought this discipline is totally above and beyond me. An accidental curiosity drove me to pick up this book. BAM! The book and I clicked! Auerbach and Kotlikoff integrated bisic principles of the... more info
Customer Review: I took a Macro class that used the textbook and we were required to use the study guide. I thought that for the most part, the questions were irrelevant and did not enhance the book. Get this only if it's absolutely neccessary.
