Don't say we don't give equal opportunity to all presidential campaigns. Libertarian Party nominee Bob Barr, a former Republican congressman from Georgia, writes in today's Washington Times on how he would address Social Security reform. To be honest...

The Michigan Retirement Research Center Working Papers has released three new working papers. ************************************************************ Gain and Loss: Marriage and Wealth Changes Over Time by Julie Zissimopoulos Abstract:...

I argued in this piece for AEI's The American online magazine that the health reform bill proposed by Sen. Max Baucus would reduce the 10-year budget deficit only through an accounting trick by which increased Social Security taxes – which should,...

Keeping Granny on the Job: Pension Reform and Labor Force Participation in the United States and Chile In an era of increased life expectancies and underfunded pensions, longer work lives may be the best way to increase retirement income security....

The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College has released a number of new working papers: Work Ability and the Social Insurance Safety Net in the Years Prior to Retirement by Richard W. Johnson, Melissa M. Favreault, and Corina Mommaerts...

I have a guest-post over at Baseline Scenario blog.