Social Security

Last week, Paul Krugman took issue with Tom Friedman's comparison between climate change and the debt situation, but unfortunately missed the mark...

A recent report from the Business Roundtable (BRT) outlines their proposal to reform Social Security and Medicare with the goal of maintaining an...

The chained CPI has been receiving much attention lately after being included in the latest offers from both the GOP and White House. Some critics of...

One option on the table that has great potential to be included in a final deal is the chained CPI. As we explain in our updated paper on the chained...

Just as President Obama and the Republican leadership are trading offers, three think tanks--the Heritage Foundation, the Center for American Progress...

Yesterday, the AARP published a report and sent an accompanying letter to members of Congress and President Obama in opposition to switching to the...

The Urban Institute's Eugene Steuerle and Caleb Quakenbush have updated their estimates calculating lifetime Social Security and Medicare benefits and...

Some commentators have suggested that raising the retirement age would be regressive given that lower income recipients tend to have a lower life...

With the release of September inflation numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Social Security Administration also announced its cost-of...

The Mercatus Center has released a new paper by Social Security Trustee Charles Blahous entitled "The End of Social Security Self-Financing." In the...

One of the criticisms of raising the retirement age is the belief that older workers delaying retirement may "crowd out" younger workers and cause...

Social Security trustee Charles Blahous has a interesting new commentary on the long-run sustainability of the Social Security program. The combined...