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May 17, 2023
What Will I Need To Bring With Me When I Apply For Divorced Spousal Benefits?
May 6, 2023
Can My Mother Stop Getting Her Survivor Benefits In Order To Qualify For State Assistance?
April 25, 2023
Can Anything Be Done About My Losing Out On A Lot Of Money Because The People At SS Didn't Give Me The Right Answer?
April 19, 2023
How Would I Be Able To Apply For Social Security Benefits While I'm Outside Of The U.S. With No Valid ID?
April 19, 2023
Will The Lump Sum Workers Compensation Payment I Received On My Wife's Behalf Affect My Survivor Or SSDI Benefits?
April 9, 2023
Will I Be Able To Collect Both My Social Security And My Husband's CalPERS Pension?
March 31, 2023
What Political Party Came Up With The Bill Allowing A Wife To Collect On Her Husband's Social Security At Age 62 But Delay Collecting Hers Until 67-70?
March 26, 2023
How Will The Profit From Selling Our Home Affect Our Social Security Benefits And Medicare Premiums?
March 22, 2023
Can I Send A Copy Of My ID When Asking For A Replacement Social Security Card?
March 20, 2023
Will I Lose My Monthly Stipend Now That My Nephew Receives Social Security?
March 20, 2023
What Would Happen To My Husband's Social Security If He Wins His Lawsuit Against His Former Employer?
March 19, 2023
Can My Wife Become Eligible For At Least A Minimal Benefit By Earning Two More Quarters?
February 22, 2023
Can I Sue The Social Secuirty Office For Holding Back A Month Of My Widow's Benefits?
February 20, 2023
How Is It That My Survivor Benefit Was Completely Offset Due To The Recent 8.7% Civil Service Retirement COLA?
February 18, 2023
Do I Need To Notify SSA That I Don't Plan To Start Drawing Benefits At Full Retirement Age?
February 15, 2023
Will My Benefit Payment Be Doubled Next Month Because I Didn't Receive My Current Month's Direct Deposit?
February 11, 2023
What Will Happen To My Benefits If I Win Money On A Televised Game Show?
February 11, 2023
Can Social Security See How Much I Earned In Any Given Month In The Past?
February 6, 2023
Can MetLife Reduce My LTD Payments If I Claim Social Security Widow's Benefits?
February 4, 2023
Are There Advantages Or Disadvantages To Converting Our IRA/401K Buckets?
January 31, 2023
Is There Any Way That I Can Get More Than Six Months Of Retroactive Benefits?
January 30, 2023
Can My Children And I Move To Mexico And Still Receive Survivor Benefits?
January 21, 2023
How Can I Get Social Security To Retrieve My Deceased Brother's Last Check?
January 19, 2023
Why Do You Still Have To Pay Social Security And Medicare Taxes On Your Earnings At Age 71?
January 16, 2023
Does My Wife Need To Notify Social Security If I Die Before I Claim Benefits?
January 15, 2023
Can We Receive Our SS Benefits My Direct Deposit When We Return To Our Home Country?
January 16, 2023
Do The Forms I Received From Social Security Need To Be Certified By A Notary?
January 14, 2023
Do You Have Any Idea Why My Social Security Benefit Was $200 Lower This Month?
January 11, 2023
Do You Have Any Recommendations About Software To Help Us Develop A Roth Conversion Strategy?
January 5, 2023
Do I Need To File A Tax Return If My Only Income Is Social Security And I Sell My Home?
December 29, 2022
Will Taking A Lump Sum Pension Payout Affect My Monthly Social Security And Medicare Amounts?
December 28, 2022
Can My Mother Decline The Extra Benefits She's Been Awarded From My Deceased Father's Account?
December 28, 2022
Is There Anything My Friend Can Due To Speed Up The Processing Of His Application For Benefits?
December 19, 2022
How Long Does It Usually Take To Be Approved And Start Receiving Benefits?
December 1, 2022
How Will Gifting A Mobile Home To Her Grandaughter Affect My Mom's Social Security?
November 16, 2022
Can I Get Benefits From Japan Or Switzerland Based On My Ex-Husband's Earnings In Those Countries?
November 13, 2022
Can They Really Withhold My Deceased Husband's Disability Benefits For Child Support?
November 10, 2022
Does The My Social Security Calculator Include The 8.7% Increase In Benefits?
November 10, 2022
Does he My Social Security estimate calculator include or exclude the 8.7% increase in benefits?
October 28, 2022
What Happens If A Non U.S. Citizen Has All Of Their Work Credits But Moves To The UK?
October 28, 2022
Can You Clear Up For Me Why My Projected Benefits Never Go Up With COLAs?
October 27, 2022
Is It True That's There's No Limit On How Much Each Member Of A Couple Can Be Paid Based On Their Own Earnings History?
September 10, 2022
If I Renounce My U.S. Citizenship Will I Still Be Able To Receive Social Security While Living In Singapore?
August 26, 2022
Can My Wife Draw My Social Security If I Die And Also Collect Her German Social Security?
August 15, 2022
How Do We Cancel My Deceased Mother In Law's Social Security And Black Lung Benefits?
August 13, 2022
Will Social Security Reduce My Check Because I'm An Adult Foster Care Provider?
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Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Laurence J. Kotlikoff is a William Fairfield Warren Professor and Professor of Economics at Boston University, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Professor Kotlikoff received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973 and his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1977. Kotlikoff is the Director of the Fiscal Analysis Center.
A New York Times Bestselling author, he has written nineteen books and hundreds of professional articles and op-eds. He is a frequent television and radio guest. His columns have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Financial Times, the Boston Globe, Bloomberg, Forbes, Yahoo.com, Fortune, and other major publications. In 2014, The Economist named him one of the world's 25 most influential economists