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Group discussion: Social Security
Oct 17 (link to assignment description)
- Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. 2024. Policy Basics: Top Ten Facts about Social Security. Aug 14, CBPP.org.
- Kathleen Romig. 2024. Social Security lifts more Americans above poverty than any other program. Nov 5, CBPP.org.
- Tara Siegel Bernard. 2018. 8 questions about Social Security answered as election day nears. Sept 28, New York Times. (pdf)
- Kathleen Romig, Matt Broaddus, Aviva Aron-Dine. 2019. Financial Challenges Facing Social Security and Medicare Largely Unchanged From Last Year, Except for Improvement in Disability Insurance. April 22, cbpp.org.
- Trevor Filseth. 2021. Will Joe Biden try to reform Social Security? Sept 3, The National Interest.
- Social Security: Captain Ahab’s obsession (my lecture page)
(might be useful) American Academy of Actuaries. 2024. Social Security Challenge.
On Thursday, bring your summary/abstract to class or send it to me as an email attachment (questions for class).
