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Social Security’s Funding Crisis and the Future of Retirement

Wharton Business Daily by Wharton Podcast Network

Jul 17, 202612:45Business

Social Security’s main trust fund could be depleted by early 2033, leaving incoming payroll taxes sufficient to cover only about 86% of scheduled benefits. Kent Smetters, Wharton Professor of Business Economics and Publi...

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Social Security’s Funding Crisis and the Future of Retirement is an episode from Wharton Business Daily by Wharton Podcast Network. Social Security’s main trust fund could be depleted by early 2033, leaving incoming payroll taxes sufficient...

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Published Jul 17, 2026, 12:45 long, audio available.