Nov 05 Column: Recent Social Security reform doesn’t fix unfair spousal benefits By Eugene Steuerle The budget compromise forged by Congress and the Obama administration at the end of last month makes two fundamental changes in Social Security. Continue reading
Nov 02 Column: This is not how you fix Social Security By Laurence Kotlikoff Fixing Social Security, which certainly needs plenty of fixing, needs to be done in the light of day, in hearings open to the public, based on testimony by a range of experts, and with careful consideration of a range of… Continue reading
Nov 01 Column: Congress is pulling the rug out from people’s retirement decisions By Laurence Kotlikoff The bill will reduce the lifetime benefits of millions of Americans by tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars. Continue reading
Oct 27 Column: Proposed budget bill would have devastating effects on millions’ Social Security benefits By Laurence Kotlikoff The House’s new budget bill would make radical changes to the way Social Security provides spousal and retirement benefits.… Continue reading
Oct 07 Column: Why does Medicare allow for the price gouging of prescription drugs? By Philip Moeller The pharmaceutical industry convinced enough legislators in 2003 to forbid Medicare from negotiating drug prices when Congress enacted the law creating Part D drug plans. Continue reading
Oct 05 Column: Why mergers are booming By Ben Gomes-Casseres Another day, another merger. Telephone companies, drug companies, airlines, hospitals, retail stores and now beer. Why?… Continue reading
Sep 21 Column: I, too, once sought refuge By John Komlos As Syrian refugees traverse through Hungary, economist John Komlos recalls his own journey as a Hungarian refugee in 1956 and urges the United States to take in more Syrian refugees. Continue reading
Sep 17 Column: We have met the enemy, and it is the Fed By Terry Burnham What the economy needs is not an end to the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy, but rather an end to the Federal Reserve itself. Continue reading
Sep 02 COLUMN: How raising taxes on the rich could prevent mass shootings By John Komlos Economist John Komlos argues that the United States needs to adopt universal mental health insurance as a way to lower the murder and mass murder rate. Continue reading
Aug 28 The secrets behind the Big Easy’s comeback from Katrina By Jed Horne Ten years later, New Orleans provides revealing lessons on the role business and economics did and — and didn’t — play in the city’s now notably vigorous recovery. Continue reading