Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

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FixGov

2 million people hope Congress can compromise on pensions

Thursday, November 15, 2018

A conversation with SEC Commissioner Kara Stein

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

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The Avenue

Rebuilding the employment security system for the Rust Belt that created it

John C. Austin and Richard Kazis

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

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Up Front

Present consequences of unfunded pension liabilities and ways forward

Jeffrey Cheng and David Wessel

Monday, July 16, 2018

Reports

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Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

The retirement revolution

Martin Neil Baily and Benjamin H. Harris

Friday, June 8, 2018

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Report

Risky choices: Simulating public pension funding stress with realistic shocks

James Farrell and Daniel Shoag

Thursday, November 30, 2017

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Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

Public employee pensions and collective bargaining rights

Brigham R. Frandsen and Michael Webb

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

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Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

The interaction between IRAs and 401(k) plans in savers’ portfolios

William G. Gale, Aaron Krupkin, and Shanthi Ramnath

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

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Report

Retirement: Will boomers go bust…or only millennials and Gen Xers?

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Blog Posts

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Future Development

Social insurance in the time of robots

Maria Gonzalez-Miranda and Ivailo Izvorski

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

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Up Front

The budget gimmick that undermines public and private finances

Leonard E. Burman and William G. Gale

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

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Future Development

Future Development Reads: Brexit costs, learning metrics, more on UBI, and migration

Shanta Devarajan

Friday, October 6, 2017

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Events

Fixing the U.S. retirement system – does Canada have the answers?

1:30 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

How employer-sponsored rainy day savings accounts can help workers prepare for emergencies

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Retirement security in the new economy: Access and guarantees

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

Multimedia

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Podcast Episode

The rich-poor life expectancy gap

Gary Burtless and Fred Dews

Friday, February 19, 2016

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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

Having too much employer stock in your 401(k) is dangerous. Just look at GE.

Robert C. Pozen and Ming Liu

Monday, July 2, 2018

No news on Social Security…and that’s very important

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

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The politics of pensions in America

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

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Teacher salary hikes face major headwinds – politics and pension underfunding

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

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What do stock market fluctuations mean for the economy?

Friday, February 23, 2018

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New tax law means fighting over unfunded state pension plans is about to get worse

Robert C. Pozen

Thursday, January 11, 2018