Episode

Ep 391. Should I Buy a Used Car Now?

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Retire SMART Podcast
Published
Mar 27, 2026
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653
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Summary

Will the Federal Reserve be dissolved or absorbed into the treasury department? How concerned should we be about projections that social security and Medicare have less than a decade of solvency remaining? And is now a good time to buy a new car? David Brooks has answers to these questions in today’s Q&A episode.