Social Security

For most, the world of inflation statistics can be mind-numbing. Economists have developed a variety of indices. And there are three different ones...

They Did It! Kudos to the Esquire Budget Commission for releasing a budget plan this morning! Former Senators Gary Hart, Bill Bradley, Bob Packwood...

All of us here at CRFB would like to congratulate Peter Diamond, an MIT economist, on winning the Nobel Prize for Economics this year. Diamond, along...

Social Security is getting a lot of attention these days. However, much of the discussion is centered on what not to do: don’t cut benefits; don’t...

With the fiscal debt clock ticking, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget yesterday brought together members of Congress and other fiscal...

It's that time of year again, when people start asking whether Social Security recipients will receive a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). And it...

The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the number of workers seeking disability benefits from Social Security’s Disability Insurance Program has...

A small controversy has been brewing in the blogosphere over the relative value of the higher-income 2001/2003 tax cuts and the Social Security...

The knives are out, and they’re pointing at Social Security reform. There is no one “right” way to fix the fiscal problems facing the country, but if...

Many are sounding alarms over news that the White House fiscal commission is considering changes to Social Security as a part of a possible debt...

An op-ed in the New York Times yesterday featured Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and his unorthodox approach to fiscal sustainability. Unlike many of his...