Crackerjack Greenback » Values http://www.crackerjackgreenback.com Prudent Advice for a Prosperous Future Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:27:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Rethinking Retirementhttp://www.crackerjackgreenback.com/retirement-planning/rethinking-retirement/ http://www.crackerjackgreenback.com/retirement-planning/rethinking-retirement/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:36:45 +0000 Paul Williams @ Crackerjack Greenback http://www.crackerjackgreenback.com/retirement-planning/rethinking-retirement/        Mike at The Oblivious Investor has a thought-provoking article today titled Don’t Retire., which was inspired by Stephen Pollan and Mark Levine’s book Die Broke: A Radical Four-Part Financial Plan. Mike discusses why retirement as we imagine it today is probably an unreachable goal for most Baby Boomers and subsequent generations. Given the fact that [...]

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