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Larry discusses with NTD News lessons from his book Money Magic. Why you should plan to retire later in life. Don't plan your retirement around how long you expect to live, but rather the maximum age you could live.

Discussion of Larry’s new book, Money Magic, risk of investing in stocks, free online education, and more.

Larry appears on WGN's morning news to talk about the importance of paying off high-interest debt and the differences between his unconventional financial approach from that of Wall Street.

Larry is interviewed by Julia Anderson and Pat Boyle of Smart Money about the benefits of paying off your mortgage with your IRA, his best advice for divorcing couples, and more.

Larry talks with Alain Guillot about tips for maximizing your savings while raising your living standards safely, including when to retire and take social security--how that impacts property taxes, insurance, and more.

Larry returns to the Your Wealth and Beyond financial planning podcast to discuss steps you can take to maximize your Social Security Benefits, minimize future taxes, and strategies to help protect you from inflation.

Larry reviews how to get the most out of your Roth retirement accounts. He discusses topics ranging from the basics of Roth vs. Traditional accounts, employee sponsored 401k's, limiting lifetime taxes, to how to time Roth conversions. He also explores strategies for withdrawals.

Larry and Casey Weade, from Retire with Purpose, dig into the major problems facing the American economy in 2021, why higher taxes are all but inevitable and why our government fails to tax so many people correctly.

David McKnight interviews Professor Laurence Kotlikoff on the national debt, fiscal gap accounting, modern monetary theory, and more!

Larry's concerns about the debt-to-GDP ratio. Discussion on the general relativity of fiscal language. Why would anybody buy U.S. treasury bonds? Larry's defense of fiscal hawkishness. And a critique of Biden's COVID relief funding.

Kotlikoff warns that the U.S.'s approach to social security financing is imperiling future generations.

Glenn Loury talks to economist Laurence Kotlikoff about Biden's tax plan and the dangers of inflation caused by debt-financed COVID relief.

IMF's Special edition of the FAD Seminar series. These talks look at specific examples to help better discuss policies within the context of Olivier Blanchards' overlapping generations model Larry's talk begins shortly after the 29 minute mark.

How to use MaxiFi Planner, a discussion with Laurence Kotlikoff and Dan Royer Ph. D.. They at look MaxiFi Planner together and discuss lifetime financial decisions, such as a ROTH conversion, and demonstrate how the software can show you the monetary impact of those decisions and even provide data on when it is most advantageous to execute them.

Larry walks through considerations to make before divorce and how to land upon a fair divorce settlement ratio, and demonstrates how MaxiFi can assist in accurately accessing this process. Karen Argetsinger, Esq., discusses the in-and-outs of divorce and how to come to a fair settlement.

How reverse mortgages work. Are they safe? How to release trapped equity in your home.

Your hosts, Ron Surz and Kathy Tarochione will be discussing our real debt with Larry Kotlikoff.

9 months into the Covid-19 pandemic, Larry discusses where our economies are at at Globally, National, and personally. Talk covers lockdowns, global population growth, remote workers, inflation, and more.

Is it better to rent or own? Downsizing can be beneficial. The pros and cons of reverse mortgages. Should you prepay your mortgage? Case Study presented.

Retirement account contirubution and withdrawal strategies––tax savings, optimize Roth conversions, smoothing tax brackets. Case Study presented.

The feasibility of group testing for Covid. Is Trump responsible for inadequate testing? Larry: The government should fund companies developing rapid home testing. Critiquing the FDA’s approach to testing. Larry: Rapid home testing could bring the economy back within three weeks.

The second in a series of webinars with XY Planning Network. The talk reviews economics-based planning, defines lifetime discretionary spending, defines living standards per household member, and illustrates robo optimization and manual optimization of lifetime discretionary spending.

The first in a series of webinars with XY Planning Network. Larry goes through the what the differences are between economics based financial planning and conventional financial planning. He highlights the value of consumption smoothing to avoid and discourage disruptions in spending habits.

Investment decisions and how they can affect your lifetime living standard. Learn more about living standard risk. Case Study presented.

Increase your lifetime discretionary spending. Maximize your Base Plan. Case Study presented.

Protect and raise your living standard to find peace of mind. Economics-based personal financial planning and how it differs from conventional planning. Case Study presented.

During a time of national crisis, clients have many questions about meeting their financial planning goals in the wake of the recent global pandemic. Investors nearing retirement may feel particularly vulnerable and need to recognize how a bear market will impact their lifestyle goals.

Why quarantine is not enough? Larry’s proposal for a universal mandatory testing regime. Glenn pushes back on Larry’s plan on economic and libertarian grounds. Also, is inflation coming?

Learn about economics based personal financial planning. Calculate your household's sustainable spending level. Maximize your Base Plan. Low-risk ways to find more money. Case Study presented.

Does the US tax system favor the rich? Why spending is more equally distributed than wealth. Larry critiques Andrew Yang’s universal basic income plan. And should Trump get credit for a good economy?

Conversation includes: Critiquing William Nordhaus’s work on the economics of climate change, Larry's plan for carbon taxation is a win-win, can elderly voters who don’t care about the future be won over, critics of capitalism itself, and more.

Here's a webinar that uses my company's MaxiFi.com software to illustrate economics-based, life cycle financial planning.

Larry’s new paper on the financial crisis, “The Big Con”. Challenging the standard story of what caused the Great Recession. Larry comments on The Big Short: “Factually it’s completely wrong”. Larry: Banks should be run like mutual funds.

Larry Kotlikoff explains his write-in presidential campaign: What does Larry bring to the table?, Larry's platform on healthcare, international security, and and trade and immigration.

Boston University economics professor and author of "Get What's Yours" explains why millions of Social Security recipients aren't getting what they're entitled to.

Laurence Kotlikoff speaks at the U.S. Senate Budget Committee (introduced at 31 minute mark)

Larry provides a tough-love talk on Piketty's writings, noting that they agree on a lot of things but also disagree on many. Thomas Piketty’s best-selling book Capital in the 21st Century took the spotlight in the field of economics of 2014.

Glenn and Larry argue about superstar economist Thomas Piketty. Larry contends that the best-selling Capital in the Twenty-First Century is sensationalistic and wrong. If Piketty’s a “fraud,” why do Krugman, Summers, Solow, and other eminent economists like his book?

Larry explains his grave concerns about Social Security, which he calls a “bipartisan Ponzi scheme.” They dig deeper into Larry’s “astounding” numbers, and Glenn wonders why Paul Krugman isn’t on board. Larry sketches a progressive, fully-funded alternative to Social Security, but Glenn thinks it’s never going to happen.

Larry makes the case for abolishing the corporate income tax. He describes his economic model, and critiques the demand-side theories of Paul Krugman. Larry’s argues that his plan would boost Americans’ incomes by 8%.

Larry makes the case that government debt is much worse than you realize, and says Paul Krugman is suffering from “deficit delusion.” He argues that we’re making a serious error by not using the “infinite horizon” to calculate the fiscal gap.

Extended interview with Boston University Economics Professor Larry Kotlikoff on his publications about a six-decade long Ponzi scheme in the US which he says will lead to a clash of generations.

Laurence Kotlikoff describes his new book "Jimmy Stewart is Dead" and Limited Purpose Banking