COMMENTARIES

Are Robots Eating Our Lunch?

Are Robots Eating Our Lunch?

I was leaving my dry cleaner’s when I saw her — our local meter maid writing a parking ticket. She smiled. I grimaced. Had she hit my car too? I instinctively drew my cellphone and checked my Park Boston app. Relief. My car was good for another half-hour.

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Kotlikoff: The Robots are Coming

Kotlikoff: The Robots are Coming

How long will it be before a robot takes your job? And after that happens, who will be around to buy the goods and services the robots produce? Here’s a scary thought; the robot revolution may not make us better off.

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America’s Fiscal Sword of Damocles

America’s Fiscal Sword of Damocles

“Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident or miscalculation or by madness.”

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A New Approach To High Deductibles

A New Approach To High Deductibles

High deductible health insurance is an irritation for young, healthy families with modest incomes. In fact, health insurance with, say, a $10,000 deductible is almost like not having health insurance at all.

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The Risks And Rewards of Annuities

The Risks And Rewards of Annuities

My mom is 97 and 8 months. (As with infants, every month is a big deal at her age.) Apart from the pads of her feet hurting when she walks (due to loss of fatty tissue), she’s in good shape, including mentally. I figure she’ll make it beyond 100, knock on wood.

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