Issue: Economic Security

Economic Security Economic security and economic growth can be mutually reinforcing. The more security that people can achieve in their personal finances-through both personal savings and social insurance-the more confidence they can place in the future, making them more likely to seize opportunities and bounce back from adverse events.

Events

• Economic Security in a Changing World. A joint briefing by The Hamilton Project and The New Republic. September 15, 2006.

New Approaches to Policy: Hamilton Project Strategy Paper

A Growth-Enhancing Approach to Economic Security

In recent decades, many economic risks have been shifted onto individuals and away from employers and society as a whole. The Hamilton Project's strategy for strengthening economic security in a growth-enhancing manner has two components: better preparation before economic difficulties arise, and better-targeted and more pro-work assistance after economic difficulties arise.

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Economic Security Discussion Papers

All Hamilton Research and Commentary

• Fundamental Restructuring of Unemployment Insurance: Wage-Loss Insurance and Temporary Earnings Replacement Accounts
  by Jeffrey R. Kling, The Brookings Institution
  
  
• Reforming Unemployment Insurance for the Twenty-First Century Workforce
  by Lori G. Kletzer and Howard Rosen
  
  
• Universal Insurance: Enhancing Economic Security to Promote Opportunity
  by Jacob S. Hacker
  
  
• Improving Opportunities and Incentives for Saving by Middle- and Low-Income Households
  by William G. Gale, Brookings; Jonathan Gruber, MIT; Peter R. Orszag, Brookings

All Hamilton Research and Commentary

Experts

William G. Gale The Brookings Institution	Jeffrey R. Kling The Brookings Institution
Jacob S. Hacker Yale University, New America Foundation	Howard Rosen Trade Adjustment Assistance Coalition, Institute for International Economics
Lori G. Kletzer University of California, Santa Cruz, Institute for International Economics

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