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Save to My PortfolioMaking Saving for Retirement Easier through Automatic IRAs

J. Mark Iwry, June 26, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures

J. Mark Iwry and David C. John propose an automatic IRA approach which offers most employees not covered by an employee-sponsored retirement plan the opportunity to save through the powerful mechanism of regular payroll deposits that continue automatically. Read More

Retirement, Saving, Pensions

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Save to My PortfolioBridging the Social Security Divide: Lessons From Abroad

R. Kent Weaver, June 2008, The Brookings Institution

Bridging the Social Security Divide: Lessons From AbroadKent 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

Social Security, Retirement, Saving, Aging

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Save to My PortfolioThe Automatic Revolution: Changing How America Saves

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Washington, DC

The Retirement Security project to host, “The Automatic Revolution: Changing How America Saves,” marking the 10th anniversary of the 1998 Treasury/IRS ruling that made automatic saving mechanisms possible. The conference is intended to highlight that decision, the dramatic changes that automatic plans have created since then, and the prospects for the future – for both automatic 401ks and automatic IRAs. Read More

Retirement, Saving, U.S. Economy

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Save to My PortfolioWhy Don't People Choose Annuities? A Framing Explanation

Jeffrey R. Kling, Jeffrey R. Brown, Sendhil Mullainathan and Marian V. Wrobel, March 2008, The Retirement Security Project

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioBanking on Wealth: America’s New Retail Banking Infrastructure and Its Wealth-Building Potential

Matt Fellowes and Mia Mabanta, January 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Middle-Class Squeeze

Gregg Easterbrook and Elizabeth Warren, January 11, 2008, American Public Media, Marketplace

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Save to My PortfolioOpportunity 08: Better Direction on Main Street

Ron Haskins, Bruce Katz, William G. Gale, Jim Bognet, Austan Goolsbee and Leo Hindery, December 03, 2007

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioOpportunity 08: Better Direction on Main Street

Monday, December 03, 2007
10:15 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioPursuing Universal Retirement Security Through Automatic IRAs

J. Mark Iwry, November 08, 2007, House Committee on Education and Labor

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioWhy the 2005 Social Security Initiative Failed, and What it Means for the Future

William A. Galston, September 21, 2007, NYU John Brademas Center

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Save to My PortfolioMaking Markets an Asset for the Poor

Matt Fellowes, July 23, 2007, Harvard Law & Policy Review

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Save to My PortfolioMaking Markets an Asset for Lower Income, Working Families

Matt Fellowes, April 09, 2007, California Assembly Banking and Finance Committee

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Save to My PortfolioPromoting Retirement Security: Make Saving Easier & More Rewarding

William G. Gale, February 28, 2007, Opportunity 08

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Save to My PortfolioTrends in Retirement Security

Jason Furman, January 31, 2007, House Committee on Ways and Means

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioAutomatic Savings and Pension Protection Act: Next Steps for Congress

Tuesday, November 21, 2006
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioSaving and Demographic Change: The Global Dimension

Barry P. Bosworth and Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, November 2006, Population Aging Working Paper

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioUniversal Insurance: Enhancing Economic Security to Promote Opportunity

Jacob S. Hacker, September 2006, A Hamilton Project Discussion Paper

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioReforming Tax Incentives into Uniform Refundable Tax Credits

Fred T. Goldberg, Jr., Lily L. Batchelder and Peter R. Orszag, August 2006, The Brookings Institution

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William G. Gale

William G. Gale

Vice President and Director, Economic Studies
Arjay and Frances Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy

Bill Gale, a Brookings vice president and director of the Economic Studies Program, is an expert on tax policy, fiscal issues, pensions, and saving behavior. He is also co-director of the Tax Policy Center and director of the Retirement Security Project.
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Henry J. Aaron

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The Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Chair

A noted health care expert, Henry Aaron focuses on the reform of health care financing; public systems such as Medicare and Medicaid; Social Security; and tax and budget policy.
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