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What's Bad for General Motors...
The Long-Term Budget Outlook
Climate Change vs. Entitlements
Real Change in Domestic Policy
Fiscal Reality
Two Graphs About Dependency
The Real Dependency Ratio
Furman on Social Security
Promising Abstract, Disappointing Paper
Reality-Based Retirement Club
Name This Club
Social Security Crisis Worldwide
Dr. Doom
State and Local Unfunded Liabilities
Real Social Security
Risk and Pensions
The Kotlikoff Budget Plan
Jason Furman x 2
Good Sense on Fiscal Policy
Proof that the True Rationale of Social Security is Paternalism
What's Bad for General Motors...
The Long-Term Budget Outlook
Climate Change vs. Entitlements
Real Change in Domestic Policy
Fiscal Reality
Two Graphs About Dependency
The Real Dependency Ratio
Furman on Social Security
Promising Abstract, Disappointing Paper
Reality-Based Retirement Club
Name This Club
Social Security Crisis Worldwide
Dr. Doom
State and Local Unfunded Liabilities
Real Social Security
Risk and Pensions
The Kotlikoff Budget Plan
Jason Furman x 2
Good Sense on Fiscal Policy
Proof that the True Rationale of Social Security is Paternalism
Social Security Risk
The Three Percent Solution?
Social Security Deal?
Social Security Incrementalism
Social Security Debate
Lifespan, Social Security, and Medicare
Social Security Debate Online
Lifespan Calculations
Private Investment is Dangerous
Social Security Indexing Debate
Social Security Ad Nauseum
Feldstein on Social Insurance
Social Security Wage vs. Price Indexing
Bartlett and Krugman
Social Security and Indexing
Prescott, Time Inconsistency, and Social Security
Kinsley on Social Security
No Entitlements Crisis?
Adequacy of Personal Savings
More on Privatization
Social Security Privatization
Progressive Implications of Social Security Privatization
Social Security Transition Cost
Social Security Reform
Kotlikoff's Social Security Plan
Debating Forced Saving
Prescott on Social Security
Taxes and Social Security
Debating Social Security
Social Security Privatization
Social Security Myths
Social Security Arithmetic
The Budget Debate
The Need for Savings
Forced Savings vs. Social Security
Social Security and Real Production
Entitlement Arithmetic
The "Cost" of Privatization
Third Rail Issues
Policy Specifics
Economic Policy Analysis
Domestic Policy Issues
Hours Worked In the U.S. vs. Europe
The Economics of Immortality
Inappropriate Annuities
Demographics
Social Security a Diamond in the Rough?
Welfare State Free Lunch?
Defending Social Security
Social Security and Demographics
The Budget Menu
Economists as Heretics
Greenspan's Concerns
Social Security Reform
Social SecurityAnalysis
Collective vs. Individual Benefits
Social Security Privatization
Long Run Stock Returns
Social Security Reform
Comments on Science and Social Security
Science vs. Social Security
Aging Europe
Economics vs. Populism
Kotlikoff on Social Security
Libertarian Redistribution
Friedman Interview
The Budget Debate
The Long-term Budget Outlook
The $44 trillion shortfall
Boskin Scenario, Revisited
Social Security Privatization Debated
Perspectives on Social Security
IRA's to the Rescue?
Social Security Privatization
Paris in the Springtime
Growth and Demographics
Social Security Tax Cut?
The Budget Debate, IX
The Budget Debate, VII
The Budget Debate, VI
The Deficit Argument, V
Milton Friedman on Social Security
Comment of the Week
The Deficit Argument, IV
The Budget Debate
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July 10, 2008
Arnold Kling
Roger Lowenstein writes, But none of G.M.’s management miscues was so damaging to its long-term fate as the rich pensions......MORE
July 3, 2008
Arnold Kling
From the Congressional Budget Office: How would the economy be affected if the projected rise in primary spending under CBO’s......MORE
May 30, 2008
Arnold Kling
Megan McArdle writes, Certainly, the long-term economic outlook is extremely uncertain, but I’m not sure what “who knows!” is a......MORE
May 29, 2008
Arnold Kling
From a web site put together by Congressman Paul Ryan, It is a real plan, with real proposals, real numbers......MORE
April 25, 2008
Arnold Kling
Some numbers from the proposed Budget for 2009 for the Federal government. I try to divide non-security spending crudely into......MORE
January 28, 2008
Bryan Caplan
People who are freaking out about the rise in the dependency ratio will normally point to the fact that the......MORE
January 25, 2008
Bryan Caplan
Most economists will tell you that the real problem with Social Security is demography. (Here's William Poole). The fraction of......MORE
February 2, 2007
Arnold Kling
Jason Furman writes Indexing benefit levels for longevity, the retirement age, or the payroll tax rate goes in the right......MORE
January 31, 2007
Arnold Kling
Elizabeth M. Caucutt, Thomas F. Cooley, and Nezih Guner write During the period from 1880 to 1940 pay-as-you-go social security......MORE
January 22, 2007
Arnold Kling
In an audio file, Russ Roberts interviews Greg Mankiw. Toward the end, Mankiw endorses raising the retirement age for entitlements--what......MORE
January 17, 2007
Arnold Kling
Greg Mankiw crows that Robert Samuelson has joined the Pigou Club, calling for an energy tax. I would crow because......MORE
November 22, 2006
Arnold Kling
A report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies says, The UN projects that the ratio of working-age adults......MORE
November 14, 2006
Arnold Kling
Jagadeesh Gokhale writes, As reported by its trustees, Social Security's total imbalance has increased from $10.4 trillion in 2004 to......MORE
October 12, 2006
Arnold Kling
Chris Edwards and Jagadeesh Gokhale write, According to the Federal Reserve Board, state and local credit market debt has risen......MORE
September 20, 2006
Arnold Kling
Jeremy Siegel writes, The reasons why retirees cannot turn their savings into consumption is because wealth can only be transformed......MORE
August 24, 2006
Arnold Kling
Jane Galt takes on Malcolm Gladwell: he attributes pension problems to higher productivity, which allows manufacturers to make more stuff......MORE
July 15, 2006
Arnold Kling
Laurence J. Kotlikoff writes, the U.S. government is, indeed, bankrupt, insofar as it will be unable to pay its creditors,......MORE
June 19, 2006
Arnold Kling
I had never heard of Jason Furman until today, when I encountered him twice. First, he shows up on Greg......MORE
May 31, 2006
Arnold Kling
I commend Greg Mankiw's op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal. Even a generous set of excerpts will leave out a......MORE
May 24, 2006
Bryan Caplan
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There are 126 entries listed in this category (Social Security). The most recent are listed above. If there are more than 20, here are the rest:
Solving the Entitlement Problem (April 27, 2006)
Slate Produces Two Good Columns (March 20, 2006)
Strange Comment on Social Security (December 17, 2005)
Unpersuasive Argument Against Reforming Social Security (December 16, 2005)
Centrist Social Security Plan (December 14, 2005)
Kotlikoff Anecdote (August 26, 2005)
Hard Heads, Soft Hearts (August 26, 2005)
Social Security Opt-out? (August 15, 2005)
The Case for Social Security Reform (July 05, 2005)
Retirement Age in Play? (May 26, 2005)
Economists on Social Security (April 18, 2005)
Social Security (April 04, 2005)
Boskin on Social Security (March 30, 2005)
Et tu, Barro? (March 29, 2005)
Measuring Shortfalls in Entitlement Programs (March 24, 2005)
The Three Percent Solution (March 19, 2005)
Social Security and Intransitivity (March 16, 2005)
Actuarial Scoring Errors (February 24, 2005)
Social Security Privatization: History of an Idea (February 23, 2005)
Social Security Political Economy (February 16, 2005)
Social Security Risk (February 08, 2005)
The Three Percent Solution? (February 04, 2005)
Social Security Deal? (January 31, 2005)
Social Security Incrementalism (January 27, 2005)
Social Security Debate (January 23, 2005)
Lifespan, Social Security, and Medicare (January 20, 2005)
Social Security Debate Online (January 18, 2005)
Lifespan Calculations (January 18, 2005)
Private Investment is Dangerous (January 15, 2005)
Social Security Indexing Debate (January 14, 2005)
Social Security Ad Nauseum (January 10, 2005)
Feldstein on Social Insurance (January 10, 2005)
Social Security Wage vs. Price Indexing (January 06, 2005)
Bartlett and Krugman (January 05, 2005)
Social Security and Indexing (December 29, 2004)
Prescott, Time Inconsistency, and Social Security (December 29, 2004)
Kinsley on Social Security (December 26, 2004)
No Entitlements Crisis? (December 24, 2004)
Adequacy of Personal Savings (December 19, 2004)
More on Privatization (December 17, 2004)
Social Security Privatization (December 15, 2004)
Progressive Implications of Social Security Privatization (December 10, 2004)
Social Security Transition Cost (December 02, 2004)
Social Security Reform (December 01, 2004)
Kotlikoff's Social Security Plan (November 21, 2004)
Debating Forced Saving (November 14, 2004)
Prescott on Social Security (November 12, 2004)
Taxes and Social Security (November 10, 2004)
Debating Social Security (November 08, 2004)
Social Security Privatization (November 01, 2004)
Social Security Myths (October 27, 2004)
Social Security Arithmetic (October 18, 2004)
The Budget Debate (October 15, 2004)
The Need for Savings (October 05, 2004)
Forced Savings vs. Social Security (October 01, 2004)
Social Security and Real Production (September 27, 2004)
Entitlement Arithmetic (September 22, 2004)
The "Cost" of Privatization (September 14, 2004)
Third Rail Issues (September 08, 2004)
Policy Specifics (September 03, 2004)
Economic Policy Analysis (August 16, 2004)
Domestic Policy Issues (August 03, 2004)
Hours Worked In the U.S. vs. Europe (July 12, 2004)
The Economics of Immortality (June 20, 2004)
Inappropriate Annuities (June 10, 2004)
Demographics (May 21, 2004)
Social Security a Diamond in the Rough? (April 29, 2004)
Welfare State Free Lunch? (April 19, 2004)
Defending Social Security (April 13, 2004)
Social Security and Demographics (April 05, 2004)
The Budget Menu (March 11, 2004)
Economists as Heretics (March 04, 2004)
Greenspan's Concerns (February 26, 2004)
Social Security Reform (February 18, 2004)
Social SecurityAnalysis (February 09, 2004)
Collective vs. Individual Benefits (February 04, 2004)
Social Security Privatization (January 21, 2004)
Long Run Stock Returns (December 16, 2003)
Social Security Reform (December 02, 2003)
Comments on Science and Social Security (October 30, 2003)
Science vs. Social Security (October 29, 2003)
Aging Europe (October 29, 2003)
Economics vs. Populism (October 17, 2003)
Kotlikoff on Social Security (October 13, 2003)
Libertarian Redistribution (September 29, 2003)
Friedman Interview (September 16, 2003)
The Budget Debate (September 13, 2003)
The Long-term Budget Outlook (July 31, 2003)
The $44 trillion shortfall (July 21, 2003)
Boskin Scenario, Revisited (July 18, 2003)
Social Security Privatization Debated (July 07, 2003)
Perspectives on Social Security (June 29, 2003)
IRA's to the Rescue? (June 19, 2003)
Social Security Privatization (June 12, 2003)
Paris in the Springtime (May 28, 2003)
Growth and Demographics (May 19, 2003)
Social Security Tax Cut? (May 05, 2003)
The Budget Debate, IX (April 29, 2003)
The Budget Debate, VII (March 22, 2003)
The Budget Debate, VI (March 21, 2003)
The Deficit Argument, V (March 16, 2003)
Milton Friedman on Social Security (February 25, 2003)
Comment of the Week (February 19, 2003)
The Deficit Argument, IV (February 13, 2003)
The Budget Debate (February 12, 2003)
The Deficit Argument, II (February 06, 2003)
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