Dan Kadlec

Dan Kadlec is a journalist and author who has written extensively about baby boomers, personal finance, the economy and financial education for TIME, Money, CBS and USA Today among others. He has appeared on Oprah, CNBC, CNN, and all the major networks. His most recent book is A New Purpose: Going From Success to Significance in Work and Life. Follow him on Twitter @dankadlec. He has a degree in Communications from Marquette University and lives with his wife and nearly adult children in Westchester County, NY. Read more about Dan at dankadlec.com

Recent Articles

The Real Retirement Struggle: Defining Yourself As More Than the Sum of a Long Career

Figuring out the money is only part of retirement planning. Longer lives are bringing the emotional aspects into focus as well, as new retirees with two decades of free time in front of them forge...

By Dan Kadlec

Unemployment Insurance You Can Buy (In Advance)

Laura Leonard, a medical worker, had seen hundreds of co-workers lose their jobs to technology advances at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. So when her bank offered a wage-insurance policy that, for...

By Dan Kadlec

How to Build Your Own Pension

Everybody needs one. Here’s how to make it happen

By Dan Kadlec

Your Longevity Is Good for Business

Industries find new ways to cater to the aging population

By Dan Kadlec

The True Cost of Living a Long Life

Humans are living longer. How are you going to pay for old age?

By Dan Kadlec

Retirees' Biggest Asset May Be Hiding In Plain Sight

Considering the reverse mortgage

By Dan Kadlec

How Older Workers Prepare for Their Second Act

Some interns have a bit more gray in their hair

By Dan Kadlec

Your Kids' Financial Education Should Start Much Earlier Than You Think

By the age of 3, children should know how to take turns, walk up stairs and get dressed without help, developmental experts say. They should also be prepping for retirement. Wait. What? Doesn't this take...

By Dan Kadlec

6 Ways to Prepare for a (Much) Longer Retirement

How to make sure your money lasts

By Dan Kadlec

Is a 529 Account the Best Way to Save for College?

Maybe not. Here’s why

By Dan Kadlec

Interest Rate Tips for 2015

How to use the rising rates to borrow, save and invest

By Dan Kadlec

How We Can Fix the Economy and Save Capitalism

Bringing the underprivileged into the financial mainstream would do no less than save our way of life, argues the activist John Hope Bryant.

By Dan Kadlec

Millennials Are Leading Boomers to a Smarter Retirement

In retirement jobs, boomers embrace many of the same work values as Millennials.

By Dan Kadlec

Here We Go Again: Is College Worth it?

As an advocate for skipping college blesses 20 new fellows with seed money, new data shows pay advantage for graduates is growing.

By Dan Kadlec

This Is How You Give Away a Massive Fortune

Elite universities are offering workshops in philanthropy. Is it a nod to future fortunes? Or just the new normal?

By Dan Kadlec

This Reality TV Show Can Save Your Retirement

Can a reality TV show fix your troubled family finances?

By Dan Kadlec

Workers to Bosses: Take Twice as Much of My Pay

Here's the savings crisis in a nutshell: workers want to save twice as much but won't do it for themselves.

By Dan Kadlec

Here's Proof Cash Is Dying Fast

Only 1 in 10 adults always carry cash. Where does this leave the rest in an emergency? Just fine, thank you.

By Dan Kadlec

We're Traveling, Video Gaming and Hitting the Bars Like Before the Recession

Household spending on consumer goods hit $10 trillion for the first time, driven by experience-craving Millennials and retiring boomers.

By Dan Kadlec

Why Wall Street Is Courting 'Modern Families'

As boomers obsess about launching their Millennial offspring and form new types of households the financial industry is refocusing on what family means.

By Dan Kadlec
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