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        "uri": "/2014/05/07/time-for-change/",
        "title": "Time for change",
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        "prettyDate": "May 07, 2014",
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        "summary": "As I get closer to retirement and develop a deeper understanding of the practical rituals of retirement, both through my work and in my life as I age I develop a deeper respect for those among us better prepared financially to actually retire.",
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        "uri": "/2014/05/01/playing-a-new-instrument/",
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        "prettyDate": "May 01, 2014",
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        "summary": "The retirement industry is in for a quick immersion into hedge funds strategy.",
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        "uri": "/2014/04/23/boomers-and-bust/",
        "title": "Boomers and bust",
        "byline": "Steven Lang",
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        "prettyDate": "April 23, 2014",
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        "summary": "Its been said the baby boomer generation is going to set in motion the largest wealth transfer in American history. Now, Im thinking, maybe not so much.",
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        "uri": "/2014/04/16/losing-your-pension/",
        "title": "Losing your pension",
        "byline": "Steven Lang",
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        "prettyDate": "April 16, 2014",
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        "summary": "Will our retirement system create the message to new workers that working for the man, whether hes in the private or public sector, is a losing proposition?",
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        "uri": "/2014/04/10/true-price-transparency/",
        "title": "True price transparency",
        "byline": "Steven Lang",
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        "prettyDate": "April 10, 2014",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "Imagine the ramifications if retirement advisors adapted aggressive pricing transparencies.",
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        "uri": "/2014/04/03/communicate-a-lot-to-ensure-compliance/",
        "title": "Communicate (a lot) to ensure compliance",
        "byline": "Steven Lang",
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        "prettyDate": "April 03, 2014",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "In terms of meeting compliance, the three organizations brokers need to satisfy are the IRS, DOL and HHS.",
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        "uri": "/2014/04/02/fee-based-planning-it-aint-easy-and-it-aint-quick/",
        "title": "Fee-based planning: ‘It ain’t easy and it ain’t quick’",
        "byline": " Steven Lang ",
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        "prettyDate": "April 02, 2014",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "If you want to create a fee-based business, you need to lay a foundation for charging one.",
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        "uri": "/2014/04/01/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-doc-who-posts-his-p/",
        "title": "Did you hear the one about the doc who posts his prices online?",
        "byline": "Steven Lang",
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        "prettyDate": "April 01, 2014",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "The soon-to-open Free Market Medical Association will post prices for a variety of procedures on its website.",
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        "uri": "/2014/03/27/work-hard-for-the-money/",
        "title": "Work hard for the money",
        "byline": "Steven Lang",
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        "prettyDate": "March 27, 2014",
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        "summary": "I found myself at the opening session of the NAPA 401(k) Summit in New Orleans earlier this week listening to Preston Rutledge, benefits tax counsel for the U.S. Senate Finance Committee.",
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        "uri": "/2014/03/24/dols-fiduciary-reg-expected-in-early-15/",
        "title": "DOL’s fiduciary reg expected in early ’15",
        "byline": "Steven Lang",
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        "prettyDate": "March 24, 2014",
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        "summary": "While the DOL has announced that it will re-propose its fiduciary rule by this August, most industry insiders think that the recrafted regulation will come out at the beginning of 2015.",
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