Erika Beras
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1,065 appearances
7 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 9 Sep
Erika Beras’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And one of the reasons we wanted to talk to Rick is because he represents a version of the American dream and retirement that is fleeting, the fulfillment of a kind of economic promise that for younger generations feels broken.
in their old age.
And there are a few reasons for that.
One, real estate.
If you own property, your homes have probably gone up in value.
Another is the stock market.
He worked for the state of Kansas and the state of Iowa doing mental health and disability services jobs.
Rick also invested in a personal retirement account.
He said he and his wife invested early in their mid thirties and quite substantially.
a part of him feels like, yeah, he made the sacrifices early.
But also, he kinda just got lucky that he was born and he retired at the right time when the stock market experienced these gigantic booms and his money compounded.
Rick is refreshingly thoughtful about this stuff.
He says he got where he is now, not just through smart decisions that he made and pensions and investments, but also because of these programs that he and his wife benefited from.
Like Rick got a federal
Another thing, Rick's wife, she got a job that qualified for student loan forgiveness.
So much of what was available
Rick has
Milestones.
Think of all the people who entered the labor market in 2008-2009 during the financial crisis.
As a generation, millennials started working at depressed wages.
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