Latest Updates Around The World
Through Kandis Edwards February 21, 2026 Ramona Rakestra is fighting for the return of her Supplemental Security Income after the government claimed she is not a natural-born citizen. A Dallas woman, Ramona Rakestraw, is fighting for the return of her Supplemental Security Income (SSI) after the government claimed she is not a natural-born citizen. Rakestraw, […]
Musk envisions a future of unprecedented productivity, where advances in artificial intelligence, energy and robotics deliver economic “abundance” and even a so-called “universal high income” that may not require long-term savings, Business Insider reported. “The good future is that everyone can have everything they want,” Musk said. “That would mean better medical care than anyone […]
Ideas cited by the Brookings Institution of the Progressive Policy Institutethe American Business Institute (AEI) and the Cato Institute all recommend shifting the program from the current wage replacement structure to a flat benefit aimed primarily at preventing poverty in old age. Supporters say flat benefits would guarantee a basic income floor. Critics warn this […]
How is the partner allowance calculated? I’ve covered this topic in several previous posts, but I thought I’d give it another try, to hopefully close this chapter for now. I have heard conflicting answers from different corners of the SSA world – both personally and from communications with readers. Too often there is a one-size-fits-all […]
India’s recently implemented labor laws will give the country’s export industries a stronger and more predictable operating environment, a commerce ministry official said. According to the official, quoted by news agency PTI, the reforms bring flexibility and simplification to businesses while ensuring fair wages, safety, equality and social security for workers.The Center on Friday enforced […]
India has notified all four labor laws, promising broader social security, clearer wages and protection for gig workers. But economists warn that poor registration, uneven state willingness and weak institutional capacity could limit reforms, even as unions oppose the move. | Photo credit: PTI Five years after Parliament passed four labor laws replacing 29 central […]
Shutdown 2025’s only economic report was released to much fanfare, but don’t get used to it. When the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced that the September Consumer Price Index (CPI), originally scheduled to be released on October 15, would be released on October 24, it also said that “no other releases will be delayed […]
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) plans to seek board approval to redeem its investments in the CPSE and Bharat 22 Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) during the current financial year 2025-2026. However, it does not plan to buy back holdings in other ETF systems as it aims to extend the term of their investments from […]
Bisignano added that younger generations will probably have to deal with “a different set of rules” than current pensioners. The Conference budget office (CBO) projects that the population pays and pays from social security will increase from 342 million in 2024 to 383 million in 2054. With the fertility figures low, the CBO expects immigration […]
CRFB, a non -party -bound and non -profit organization based in Washington, DC, also noted that the recently great account has passed on and the Social Security Fairness Act The insolvent era is expected to accelerate. Earlier estimates of the insolvency of the program can also change based on the fast -growing senior demographic senior […]
