Extra US Deaths, Still a Long-Standing Trend

by Larry Shultz | May 27, 2025 | Covid-19, Democracy, Public Health, Public Policy

US excess deaths continue to rise even after the COVID-19 pandemic, study finds bor_2025_ld_250013_1747858323.58139.pdf  

Democracy is on a Steady Decline; Autocracy is on the Ascendant in the World

by Larry Shultz | May 27, 2025 | Democracy, Economics, Human and Civil rights, Public Policy

V-DEM Democracy Report 2025 25 Years of Autocratization – Democracy Trumped? Note in the 2026 report, due to the election in the USA, autocracy will be further enshrined. LS

Social Security Income Declining in Buying Power

by Larry Shultz | May 21, 2025 | Economics, Public Policy, Retirement, Social Security

Social Security Benefits Lose 20% Of Buying Power Since 2010 | The Senior Citizens League TSCL-LOBP-Report-2024.pdf

Widening Mortality Gap: BA vs no Degree

by Larry Shultz | May 20, 2025 | Aging, Public Health, Public Policy

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Older Workers, ADLs and Other Limits to Working

by Larry Shultz | May 7, 2025 | Public Policy, Retirement, Social Security

https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/wp_2021-8_.pdf