Steve Vernon: 'Older Workers Become Targets' in Tough Economic Environments

<p><p>Our guest on the podcast is retirement specialist and author Steve Vernon. Vernon is president of Rest-of-Life Communications and a research scholar at the Stanford Center on Longevity, where he conducts and directs research on retirement planning and behavioral economics. He is also the author of several books on retirement planning, including his latest, <em>Don't Go Broke in Retirement</em> and <em>Retirement Game-Changers</em>. In addition, Vernon writes a regular column on retirement planning for <em>Forbes</em>. He previously helped large employers design and manage their retirement programs. Vernon retired as vice president and consulting actuary with the human resources consulting firm Watson Wyatt Worldwide and also consulted to Mercer. He graduated from the University of California at Irvine with a double major in mathematics and social science.</p></p><p><p><strong>Background</strong></p></p><p><p><a href="https://restoflife.com/about-us/" target="_blank">Steve Vernon bio</a></p></p><p><p><a href="http://longevity.stanford.edu/about/" target="_blank">Stanford Center on Longevity</a></p></p><p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Go-Broke-Retirement-Lifetime/dp/0985384662/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=steve+vernon+books&qid=1599144961&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Steve Vernon books</a></p></p><p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevevernon/#754e025e1a4e" target="_blank"><em>Forbes</em> column</a></p></p><p><p><strong>The Role of Work</strong><br /></p><p>"<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevevernon/2020/08/25/the-question-many-pre-retirees-and-retirees-will-need-to-answer/#1937bbac30d3" target="_blank">The Question Many Pre-Retirees and Retirees Will Need to Answer</a>," by Steve Vernon, <em>Forbes</em>, Aug. 25, 2020.</p></p><p><p>"<a href="http://longevity.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Redesigning-HR-for-longer-lives-BQ-3Q-Vernon.pdf" target="_blank">Redesigning Retirement and Human Resource Programs to Support Longer Lives</a>," by Steve Vernon, Stanford Center on Longevity