Social Security

The 2008 recession substantially altered the enrollment and operations of many government programs, particularly those providing financial benefits...

Last week at Knox College, President Obama gave the first of a series of speeches on the economy. He called on Washington to pass policies that would...

Is Social Security a distributionally regressive system overall? Some people may have this conception due to a few features of the program: higher...

Should Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) be trimmed? In a recently released CQ Researcher Report focusing on government spending...

With all of the new developments in tax reform it may be easy to forget about entitlements. But Michael Boskin, former chairman of the Council of...

Both the Social Security Chief Actuary and the CBO have already weighed in on the Senate's immigration reform bill, showing that it would give a short...

The projections in the latest Medicare and Social Security Board of Trustees Report were further proof of the need to reform these important...

Yesterday, the CATO Institute hosted a panel discussion featuring CATO Senior Fellow Jagadeesh Gokhale, MIT economics professor David Autor...

This weekend, The New York Times (NYT) editorial board laid out an argument for why they believe Social Security’s long-term gap is relatively...

Bipartisanship will be a crucial element when it comes to reforming Social Security and achieving other budget related reforms in the near future. In...

Update: The video has now been posted. Today, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, the Mercatus Center, and Third Way held an event...

CRFB's latest interactive tool " The Reformer" is a handy game that allows users to design their own Social Security plan. Users can select from a...