The Swedish Solution

James C. Capretta

Where to turn next on Social Security reform? The presumptive Republican nom-inee for president, John McCain, like President Bush, supports…

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The Clipboard of the Future

James C. Capretta

Most Americans have instantaneous access to their banking records over the Internet, but they never see their medical records. They…

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The Population Gap

James C. Capretta

For now, economic conditions are worse in the United States than in Europe or Asia, which is not surprising. After…

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Washington Times / February 14, 2008

Reforming Education

James C. Capretta

Congressional Democrats may put an extension of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) on their legislative agenda for this year, but…

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Washington Times / January 17, 2008

Health-Care Consensus?

James C. Capretta

Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich, writing recently in the Wall Street Journal, is urging the Democratic presidential candidates to…

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National Review Online / January 17, 2008

Medicare for All?

James C. Capretta

Senator Hillary Clinton has it exactly backwards. Government-run Medicare is not the solution to what ails health care. It’s a…

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National Review Online / October 19, 2007

Dr. Hillary Will See You Now

James C. Capretta

Senator Clinton would require Americans to have health insurance, and she would provide expensive new government subsidies to help households…

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National Review Online / September 18, 2007

Getting Old

James C. Capretta

Senator Hillary Clinton spoke this month before a meeting of the Alliance for Retired Citizens, a union-backed group devoted to…

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National Review Online / September 13, 2007

The Political Economy of State-Based Pensions

James C. Capretta

Introduction The phenomenon of population aging will have profound consequences for governments and societies all over the world, and not…

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International Perspectives on Social Security Reform

James C. Capretta

Réal Bourchard’s chapter and the others in this volume are useful and thought provoking because examining other countries’ public pension…

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Urban Institute / August 15, 2007

Trust-Fund Dysfunction

James C. Capretta

Medicare spending remains on course to single-handedly bankrupt the federal government. Effective reform of the program has been a top…

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National Review Online / July 26, 2007

Global Aging and Innovative Public Pension Reforms

James C. Capretta

The phenomenon of population ageing will have profound consequences for governments and societies all over the world, and not just…

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