Ron Lieber
Columnist, Your Money at The New York Times
Inactive here. NYT money scribe. Check out my new course about merit aid and how to lower college costs by getting more of it. Find me on Threads, Instagram.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Ron Lieber
Credit... Robert Neubecker Last weekend, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent went on television and said people who wanted to retire right now were not paying attention to the stock market. On the NBC program " Meet the Press," referring to those who have "put away for years in their savings account," he said the following: "I think they don't look at the day-to-day fluctuations of what's happening."Is that true?
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Ron Lieber
Trump administration officials made the rounds this weekend to try to answer the nearly unanswerable: Why tank the stock market by starting a trade war? And are you subtracting trillions of dollars in unrealized losses out of people's savings on purpose? Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" was particularly odd. "Most Americans in a 401(k) have what's called a 60/40 account," he said, without explaining what he was talking about.
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2 weeks ago |
seattletimes.com | Ron Lieber
“I never thought that Medicaid would become an issue in my family, but it has.”That was the first line of a note I received the other day from a retired investment industry veteran whose autistic son receives coverage from the program. A similar email arrived from one of the most affluent towns in California. Yes, Medicaid primarily serves Americans with the lowest incomes, and you may not count yourself among them.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Ron Lieber
A census of Costco carts on Thursday revealed little fear. Tariffs could go as fast as they're coming, and our columnist is not stuffing his pantry. I went to Costco on a tariff run, and did not stock up on anything. It was tempting. Mark Cuban was on social media telling people it was not a "bad idea" to stock up on consumables as President Trump's trade war unfolded. I love beating the system as much as the next person - it's my literal beat in journalism.
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3 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Ron Lieber
5 hours agoCruise ship culinary experiences just keep getting better and better. At onboard restaurants, chefs are gleefully pushing past the limits, presenting exquisite dishes that would rival anything they could whip up on land. And with companies offering lavish tasting menus, immersive cooking classes, …
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Scary stuff, this. Unrelatedly, this is a periodic reminder that I'm almost entirely over on 🧵🧵🧵 now. Same handle. Miss you all! Come over and play, higher ed and money twiXXer.
This administration is both importing voters and creating a national security threat from unvetted illegal immigrants. It is highly probable that the groundwork is being laid for something far worse than 9/11. Just a matter of time. https://t.co/kuilPxAvv3
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This was a blast, and thanks to those of you who cheered when I asked for guaranteed upfront college pricing in year one. #NACAC23 #NACAC https://t.co/D5mCydqWCp
This session at #NACAC2023 with @WhitneyGouche @DeanSoule_UPenn @jselingo and @ronlieber could have gone on two more hours. Loved the candor and even a cameo by @JonBoeckenstedt More like this next year @NACAC https://t.co/HkYRAsxgyk
