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Some readers may have noticed a recent op-ed by King and Soneji alleging that Social Security projections understate life expectancy and are therefore far too optimistic.
In explaining changes in their Social Security projections, the trustees cited slower growth in average earnings of workers and the persistence of unemployment in the slow recovery from the recession.
Let me consider the six problems Mark correctly identifies. 1. Social Security Projections.
¹Demographic assumptions, like fertility rates and total population size, have the dominant impact on long-range Social Security projections.
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Employee Benefit Research Institute's Retirement Security Projection Model estimates many people will have a shortfall based on a formula that considers first spending down all retirement savings assets, other financial assets and selling your house when you're broke.
This month, officials reiterated how important nuclear will be to Britain's future energy security, with projections that showed 38% of power coming from nuclear by 2035, up from 24% last year.
But I differ with Mark on his faith in Social Security's projections.
These surpluses can be found in the Social Security trustees' 2003 projections.
The authors said they wanted to reduce the chance that "society may be lulled into a false sense of security by smooth projections of global change".
The same goes for pronouncements from economists and security analysts' earnings projections and valuation yardsticks.
That meant standing down what were considered primarily security or power projection-related postings.
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