Little-Known Facts
Andrew BiggsMuch of what we think is true just isn't. And there's data to prove it. Writing mostly about retirement security, with occasional side-trips.
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The Social Security Trustees Report: It Could Have Been (Even) Worse
The Social Security Trustees released their 2026 report on June 9, detailing a significant worsening in the program’s finances: due to falling birth rates, the effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and other factors, Social Security’s 7...
Social Security reform: The math is easy. The politics are hard. And this is the wrong way to look at it.
At a recent AEI event on the 2026 Social Security Trustees Report, Social Security’s Chief Actuary Karen Glenn (pithily, credit where due) summed up the conventional wisdom on Social Security reform: “It’s a simple math problem. It’s a diff...
The fairest way to reform Social Security may also be the worst way to grow the economy
Ideally, Social Security reforms would be both perceived as fair and beneficial for economic growth.
This is harder than it looks.
Social Security is an unusual government program in providing “earned benefits,” which Americans contribute...
“And Then A Miracle Occurs:" Birth Rates and Social Security
With fertility statistics in the news, thanks to the New York Times Upshot column claiming (seemingly misleading) that birth rates aren’t in fact falling, it seemed a good time to weigh in on the Social Trustees’ assumptions for fertility –...
We don’t need a Social Security commission
My longtime friend Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, writes in the Dallas Morning News that America needs a Social Security Commission:
If anything, the political challenges facing the country...
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I'm a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where my work (mostly) focuses on retirement issues. I occasionally dabble elsewhere.
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