It takes $26 to buy what one dollar could buy in 1913. So why should retirees want dollars, which may fare even worse in the coming decades? This podcast (5:38) argues that disparaging cash as trash misses a paradox that Warren Buffett penetratingly expressed, that βin order to succeed, you must first survive.β With enough cash not just to meet their expenses but to re-risk their portfolios with new stock investments β retirees can both survive and thrive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices