315 Home Readings Assignments: On campus Assignments: Online Important dates Calendar: Online Group discussion Policies Course resources Menu 315 Home Readings Assignments: On campus Assignments: Online Important dates Calendar: Online Group discussion Policies Course resources Small groups (remote) Understanding Social Security (Oct 22) (link to Questions) Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. 2018. Policy Basics: Top Ten Facts about Social Security. Aug 14, CBPP.org.Kathleen Romig. 2018. 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)25 points possible (20 for responses to questions; 5 for abstract)