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Tackling Social Security Insolvency
Andrew Biggs and Kristin Shapiro offer a plan to address Social Security’s most pressing challenge. Social Security’s Old Age and Survivors Insurance trust fund is projected to be exhausted in…
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American Retirement Savings Better Than Expected
Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute challenges a popular narrative about Americans’ savings for retirement. If there is any point that unites Americans in these divided times, it is…
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Filling the Fiscal Hole Without Sacrificing Growth
Joseph Antos, Andrew Biggs, Alex Brill, and James Capretta of the American Enterprise Institute have developed a plan balancing American economic growth with future fiscal stability. Our plan seeks to…
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One Step to Help Preserve Social Security
Andrew Biggs offers one recommendation to help address Social Security’s long-term viability. Social Security remains the largest federal spending program. After Medicare, it’s the second-largest driver of long-term deficits. As…
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Countering Social Security Myths
Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute rebuts a misguided complaint about Social Security. The average Social Security retirement benefit for Americans retiring in 2021 was $1,754 per month. The…
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Politicians Can’t Tax Their Way to Social Security Solvency
Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute explains why higher tax rates would not solve Social Security’s long-term funding problems. My policy preference for Social Security to become a smaller…
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An argument against expanding Social Security
Andrew Biggs explains at National Review Online why policymakers should resist the urge to expand one of the federal government’s largest entitlement programs. Few issues better illustrate the leftward shift…
Education
Addressing the myth of underpaid teachers
Andrew Biggs writes at National Review Online about a persistent myth surrounding public school teachers. According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) — a liberal think tank affiliated with teachers’…
Education
Rebutting teacher pay myths
Andrew Biggs and Jason Richwine write for National Affairs about common myths surrounding public school teacher pay. One of the most common beliefs about American education is that teaching is…
Education
The ‘Underpaid Teachers’ Myth
Jason Richwine and Andrew Biggs take on Economic Policy Institute claims that the nation’s public-school teachers were underpaid by a record 21.4 percent in 2018. They write, To measure the…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The real root of retirement risks
Andrew Biggs provides a reminder that governments are the main source of concern for future retirees’ incomes. while household retirement savings are growing, government retirement plans—Social Security, government employee pensions…
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A questionable plan for Social Security
Andrew Biggs uses a National Review Online column to question a new proposal for changing Social Security. On January 31, over 200 House Democrats jointly introduced the Social Security 2100…