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Budget Priorities: Funding Shortfalls for Social Security and Medicare Not All That Dire

September 25, 2013, Henry J. Aaron

Seminar on China’s Aging Population and Pension System: A Comparison with Australia’s Model

May 15, 2013

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A Bipartisan Case for Chained CPI

May 9, 2013, Martin Neil Baily and Glenn Hubbard

Money Illusion, the Chained CPI, and the Benefits of Inflation

April 17, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill

Payments to Elders Are Harming Our Future

March 8, 2013, Harry J. Holzer and Isabel V. Sawhill

A Pop Quiz About Federal Spending That May Surprise You

March 5, 2013, Henry J. Aaron

Where Is the Urgency on the Debt Ceiling?

January 9, 2013, Henry J. Aaron

Make Changes to Social Security Now to Prevent Future Debt

January 3, 2013, Alice M. Rivlin

Progressives and the Safety Net

Fall 2012, Henry J. Aaron

A Bipartisan Proposal: Go Medium to Avoid Fiscal Cliff

December 5, 2012, Ron Haskins and Michael E. O'Hanlon

Right now in this political campaign, both sides are trying to scare people by saying this other guy will destroy Medicare. No one is going to destroy Medicare.

October 10, 2012, Alice M. Rivlin, MarketWatch

We do need to put Social Security back on a firm foundation for the future. It is really stupid to wait to do that. We need to assure people currently in the labor force and entering into it that Social Security will be there for them and that they can plan around it.

October 3, 2012, Alice M. Rivlin, The Fiscal Times

After the 2012 Election, Is a Return to Sanity Possible?

October 2, 2012, Henry J. Aaron

Are Voters Ready to Make the Tough Fiscal Choices?

September 18, 2012, Isabel V. Sawhill

The Long Term Is Now: Medicare, Medicaid, and the Financing of Long-Term Care

September 11, 2012, William A. Galston

Growth in Health Consumption and Its Implications for the Financing of the OASDI Program: An International Perspective

August 3, 2012, Barry P. Bosworth and Gary Burtless

Paul Ryan: The Most Daring Budget Hawk of His Generation

March 27, 2012, Ron Haskins

Addressing the Budget Deficit: The Next President Must Solve the U.S. Deficit Crisis

January 19, 2012, Ron Haskins

Gingrich's Frightening Fiscal Fantasies

January 1, 2012, Robert C. Pozen

@ Brookings Podcast: Automatic Spending Cuts and Programs for the Poor

December 30, 2011, Ron Haskins

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Gingrich’s Flawed Social Security and Income Tax Proposals

December 27, 2011, Robert C. Pozen

Comments on the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Special Committee on Aging

December 8, 2011, Henry J. Aaron

Gingrich's Social Security Plan: Privatize Gains, Socialize Losses

November 29, 2011, Robert C. Pozen

Social Security Went “Cash Negative” Last Year, but Private Pensions Went “Cash Negative” 25 Years Ago

November 17, 2011, Gary Burtless

Perry on Social Security: A Newer, Softer Version of a Conservative Idea

November 4, 2011, Robert C. Pozen