Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

Blog Posts

Miniatures of elderly people on stacks of coins.

Up Front

How can the retirement system help more people afford retirement?

William G. Gale, David C. John, and J. Mark Iwry

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Up Front

The critical role of social insurance in the US and policies for reform

Elizabeth Lee, Sophia Mariam, Este Griffith, and Robert Greenstein

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Person sitting at a desk putting a coin into a piggy bank

Up Front

If we want universal savings, pay employers to sign us up for IRAs

Joshua Gotbaum

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

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Events

Building a better retirement system for all Americans

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Improving economic opportunity for older workers

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EST

New tools for a better retirement: Dashboards and tontine solutions for Americans

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

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Related Books

Closing the Deficit

Edited by Gary Burtless and Henry Aaron

2013

State and Local Pensions

By Alicia H. Munnell

2012

The Decline in Saving

By Barry P. Bosworth

2012

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Experts

Henry J. Aaron

The Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

David C. John

Deputy Director - Retirement Security Project

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Senior Policy Advisor, AARP Public Policy Institute

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J. Mark Iwry

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Visiting Scholar, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

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Multimedia

Podcast Episode

How to make retirement income more accessible for all Americans

J. Mark Iwry, David C. John, and Bill Finan

Friday, August 6, 2021

Podcast Episode

The rich-poor life expectancy gap

Gary Burtless and Fred Dews

Friday, February 19, 2016

Podcast Episode

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

Friday, December 30, 2011

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More on Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

No, rescuing pensions won’t destroy them

Joshua Gotbaum

Monday, April 5, 2021

Person holding coins with plants sprouting from them.

The sustainability of state and local pensions: A public finance approach

Jamie Lenney, Byron Lutz, Finn Schüle, and Louise Sheiner

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Piggy bank with a jar of money that says "IRA."

The Automatic IRA at 15: Helping Americans build retirement security

J. Mark Iwry and David C. John

Friday, February 12, 2021

A retirement dashboard for the United States

David C. John, Grace Enda, William G. Gale, and J. Mark Iwry

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Retirement tontines: A classical finance mechanism

J. Mark Iwry, Claire Haldeman, William G. Gale, and David C. John

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Because of COVID-19 Congress should fix Social Security now

Henry J. Aaron

Friday, September 18, 2020

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Reports

Building a better retirement system for all Americans

Improving economic opportunity for older workers

New tools for a better retirement: Dashboards and tontine solutions for Americans

The Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Deputy Director - Retirement Security Project

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Senior Policy Advisor, AARP Public Policy Institute

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Visiting Scholar, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania