Research and Commentary

On the Budget, Obama's Opening Bid Was Reasonable

April 16, 2013, Ron Haskins

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

An Evidence-Based Path to Disability Insurance Reform

February 26, 2013, Jeffrey B. Liebman and Jack A. Smalligan

Transitioning to Bundled Payments in Medicare

February 26, 2013, Michael Chernew and Dana Goldman

A State of the Union Wish List

February 8, 2013, Ron Haskins

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

A Fiscal Cliff Compromise Through Alternative CPI?

December 20, 2012, Henry J. Aaron

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

Six Ways President Obama and Congress Can Avoid the "Fiscal Cliff"

November 16, 2012, Isabel V. Sawhill

Current System Turns Makers Into Takers

September 25, 2012, Scott Winship

@ Brookings Podcast: Causes of and Solutions for U.S. Poverty's Continued Rise

June 22, 2012, Ron Haskins

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In Defense of Paul Ryan’s Budget Plan

March 20, 2012, Isabel V. Sawhill

The 2013 Federal Budget: A Political Strategy

February 14, 2012, William A. Galston

Why Now Is Not the Time for Medicare Premium Support

January 25, 2012, Henry J. Aaron and Austin B. Frakt

Gingrich's Frightening Fiscal Fantasies

January 1, 2012, Robert C. Pozen

The Economics of Medicare

December 30, 2011, Henry J. Aaron

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

December 30, 2011, Ron Haskins

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Medicare Premium Support: A Primer

December 16, 2011, Henry J. Aaron, James C. Capretta, Pete Domenici, Ron Haskins and Alice M. Rivlin

The Case Against Premium Support for Medicare

December 16, 2011, Henry J. Aaron, Judy Feder and Paul Van de Water

Uncomfortably Numb: The Dark Side of Inappropriate Drug Use in Nursing Homes

December 15, 2011, S. Lawrence Kocot

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

November 29, 2011, Robert C. Pozen

Web Chat: Congressional Super Committee Unable to Find Compromise

November 23, 2011, Ron Haskins