Buzz: Recession's toll and retirement anxieties

Much ink has been spilled in recent weeks about the financial plight of "Generation X" -- and how the much-in-the-news millennials are eating our lunch, economically speaking.

Unless Gen Xers and late baby boomers are able to make big changes in their savings, spending and debt habits, they are on track to become the nation's first generations to fare more poorly than earlier groups of retirees, according to a new study from the nonprofit Pew Charitable Trusts.

Life Inc. readers this week had lots to say about the future of Social Security, retirement and how exactly you make it into the top 1 percent.

By Rich Smith Daily Finance Much ink has been spilled in recent weeks about the financial plight of "Generation X" -- and how the much-in-the-news millennials are eating our lunch, economically speaking.

The 80s called and they want their slug back. This giant fluorescent pink slug from a mountaintop in Australia was just recently identified as a variety of the species Triboniophorus aff. Graeffei.

The worst thing that happens after most US elections is that people begin to debate whether or not the election in question is/was a “realignment” election.

I see a few prime candidates: 1. Richard Thaler joint with Robert Schiller.   2. Martin Weitzman and William Nordhaus, for their work on environmental economics. 3. Three prominent econometricians of your choice, bundled. 4. Jean Tirole, possibly bundled with Oliver Hart and other game theorists/principle agent theorists.  But last year the prize was in a similar field so the chances here have gone down for the time being.