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Many baby boomers resent what they perceive to be a “raw deal” from Social Security, the “pay-as-you-go” system where roughly…

My original plan, several months ago, was to do homage before the 20th century ended to the French economist Jacques…

In October, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics to Robert A. Mundell. The Nobel…

Liberal Democrats, Congressional Republicans, and Alan Greenspan often disagree with one another. But they have one thing in common; all…

Summary of A New Study on Winners and Losers from “Privatizing” Social Security Testimony submitted to the Social Security Subcommittee…

Exactly fifty years ago in the face of a huge budget surplus, a Republican Congress prevailed over the veto of…

  OUR GREAT DIFFICULTY IN UNDERSTANDING the Asian financial bubble and its implications for the United States is not that…

Three New Papers On “Privatizing” Social Security, One Conclusion: Bad Idea by John Mueller Senior Vice President & Chief Economist…

Can Financial Assets Beat Social Security? Not in the Real World. a report by John Mueller Senior Vice President &…

If Economic Growth Falls to 1.4%, What Happens to the Stock Market? Answer: 1.5% Average Real Returns in the Next…

The Economics of Pay-as-you-go Social Security, and the Economic Cost of Ending It a report by John Mueller Senior Vice…

The findings of this study were highlighted in a July 1994 Financial Times piece by Samuel Brittan; click here to view…