RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
R. Kent Weaver, June 2008, The Brookings Institution
Kent Weaver argues that a new approach to Social Security reform requires the president and congressional leaders to agree on an overall mandate for a commission named through a bipartisan nominating process designed to generate a group that is likely to focus on practical, consensus-building solutions. Special procedures in each house of Congress would provide expedited consideration of the commission’s reform package and alternatives, while providing incentives for constructive congressional engagement in the reform process. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William G. Gale, J. Mark Iwry, David C. John and Lina Walker, June 2008, Hamilton Project Discussion Paper
Despite their many benefits, the take-up rate for annuities is currently low because of behavioral biases and market failures. In this paper, William Gale, J. Mark Iwry, David John and Lina Walker propose a two-year trial to allow retirees to experience the consistency, security, and simplicity of the lifetime income stream guaranteed by annuities. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William A. Galston, Jeffrey Arnett and Diana West, November 07, 2007, WAMU's "The Kojo Nnamdi Show"
In 1960, roughly 70 percent of 30-year-olds were married, financially independent and starting a family. By 2000, fewer than 40 percent of 30-year-olds had done the same. William Galston discusses the trend and implications. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William H. Frey, June 12, 2007, The Brookings Institution
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Barry P. Bosworth and Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, November 2006, Population Aging Working Paper
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Henry J. Aaron, October 07, 2004, Conference on Health Care Challenges Facing the Nation
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Gary Burtless, October 2004, The Brookings Institution
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Delia Velculescu, Elif Arbatli, Hamid Faruqee and Ralph C. Bryant, September 2004, International Forum of the Collaboration Projects, Economic and Social Research Institute
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Gary Burtless, Jul-03, The Brookings Institution
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Barry P. Bosworth and Gary Burtless, February 2003, 5th International Forum of the Collaboration Projects, Economic and Social Research Institute
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Gary Burtless, Jan-02, American Economic Association
PAST EVENT
Thursday, May 25, 2000
12:00 AM to
Washington, D.C.
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Barry P. Bosworth, September 1999, Final Report: Modeling Income in the Near Term--Projections of Retirement Income Through 2020 for the 1931-60 Birth Cohorts (The Urban Institute, September 1999, chapter 8)