ki pu i can pull some of those statistics from my hid. the poverty rate. those statistics that i know, based on the data currently ice used. some of the statistics are wrong because the data they're based on may be incorrect. the household survey data gathered by the government which asks people about their sources of income and retirement systematically understates the income that people receive from retirement pensions, 401(k)s, iras, et cetera. we may believe that retirees are becoming dangerously dependent on social security benefits of the private retirement plans have failed and retirees today are unable to retain the standard of living they enjoyed prior to retirement. the two studies presented today try to come to a more accurate view of retirement incomes by using more accurate data. in the process, they tell a story that for a policy wonk at least is close to astonishing. based on government tax records, the income for the typical retiree household is nearly one third higher than we previously thought. poverty is substantially lower, and the typi