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Kevin Esler

Creator of tipsladder.com, a free tool for building TIPS ladders; retired software engineer who worked at IBM, HP, and Disney Plus.

Mar 30, 2026

Economics Matters with Laurence Kotlikoff

Economics Matters with Laurence Kotlikoff

Kevin Esler Returns to Build You A TIPS Ladder

Mar 30 · 1h 8m

Larry Kotlikoff
Larry KotlikoffHOST
38:01
Okay, so if you go to tipsletter.com, this is the first thing you see, right? Yeah, this
Kevin EslerGUEST
38:05
is the homepage.
Kevin EslerGUEST
38:05
So the first thing we want to do is I'll just recap the situation.
Kevin EslerGUEST
38:10
We've got Dick who's retiring soon in a few years and wants to guarantee, let's say, $69,000 from 2034 onwards.
Kevin EslerGUEST
38:16
And so...
Kevin EslerGUEST
38:23
Up here, we get some stats about the current rate of inflation.
Kevin EslerGUEST
38:25
So the first step is to go into the estimate page because we want to know if we can even afford this amount of income.

6 MINS LATER

Larry Kotlikoff
Larry KotlikoffHOST
44:21
So Kevin, maybe you can tell people how you would use the tool to deal with that kind of case.

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