BOOK
William G. Gale, J. Mark Iwry, David John and Lina Walker, July 01, 2009
Automatic argues for a fresh approach to increase saving, simplify retirement planning, and help manage the risks associated with today's individual account environment. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William H. Frey, Alan Berube, Audrey Singer and Jill H. Wilson, March 23, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Changing demographics—where people live, educational attainment, aging of boomers, diversity in population growth, poverty rates—raises key policy and program issues for the new government in Washington. In view of that, the Metropolitan Policy Program has compiled and detailed important trends that are shaping the nation’s engines of economic growth and opportunity. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Gary Burtless, August 19, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Gary Burtlesshas examines the distribution of health consumption and financing in a single recent year. It compares the implications of two sets of estimates of effects of the current health care system on the distribution of income across persons and across age groups. Read More
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
As baby-boomers begin to retire and health care spending continues to outpace income growth, Medicare faces a dire financial future and needs reform. To help guide the debate that will precede this reform, Henry Aaron and Jeanne Lambrew have written Reforming Medicare: Options, Tradeoffs, and Opportunities which outlines three broad approaches to reform. At this event, Aaron, Lambrew and other advocates discussed the three different reform strategies. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
R. Kent Weaver, June 19, 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 05, 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
Aging baby boomers constitute this decade's fastest growing age group, expanding nearly 50 percent in size from 2000 to 2010. This group -- more highly educated, with more professional women, and more diverse than its predecessors -- will add new stresses . Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Barry P. Bosworth and Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, November 01, 2006, Population Aging Working Paper
Paper by Barry Bosworth and Gabriel Chodorow-Reich (November 2006) Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Henry J. Aaron, October 07, 2004, Conference on Health Care Challenges Facing the Nation
Speech by Henry J. Aaron, Conference on Health Care Challenges Facing the Nation (10/7/04) Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Gary Burtless, October 01, 2004, The Brookings Institution
Paper by Gary Burtless (October 2004) Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ralph C. Bryant, September 01, 2004, The Brookings Institution
Paper by Ralph C. Bryant (September 2004) Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Delia Velculescu, Elif Arbatli, Hamid Faruqee and Ralph C. Bryant, September 01, 2004, International Forum of the Collaboration Projects, Economic and Social Research Institute
A working paper by Ralph C. Bryant, Hamid Faruqee, Delia Velculescu, and Elif Arbatli (2/09/2003) Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Gary Burtless, July 01, 2003, The Brookings Institution
Paper by Gary Burtless (7/14/03) Read More