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The Transformation in Who is Expected to Work in the United States and How it Changed the Lives of Single Mothers and People with Disabilities

By Richard Burkhauser, Mary C. Daly, Joyce Kwok, Jeff Larrimore

Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008

In the 1990s, social expectations of single mothers shifted. [Read More]

Ethical Brands--Turn On, Tune In, Sell Out

By Jon Entine

Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2008

In the past decade, multinationals have gobbled up ethical brands--with huge benefits to both parties. [Read More]

Aging Matters

By Andrew G. Biggs

Posted: Tuesday, September 2, 2008

By delaying claiming Social Security benefits, a worker effectively "purchases" more of the Social Security annuity. [Read More]

Obama on Social Security

By Andrew G. Biggs

Posted: Monday, August 18, 2008

A misguided op-ed exaggerates the projected poverty of senior citizens without Social Security. [Read More]

The Social Security Earnings Test

The Tax That Wasn't

By Andrew G. Biggs

Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2008

Retirees need better information about the Social Security earnings test, and policymakers should consider whether the earnings test makes sense at all. [Read More]

Policies to Improve the Resiliency of Long-Term Social Security Financing

By Andrew G. Biggs

Posted: Thursday, July 3, 2008

This paper examines policies to index Social Security taxes or benefits to changes in the ratio of workers to beneficiaries, allowing for auto-correction for changing demographic factors. [Read More]

Shooting Uncle Sam in the Foot

By Aparna Mathur

Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Few additional workers would actually be eligible for extended unemployment benefits, and the incentives created by extending them could do long-term harm to the economy. [Read More]

Chasing the American Dream with $25

By Evan Sparks

Posted: Thursday, April 3, 2008

A fascinating new memoir challenges the notion that only dramatic government intervention can rescue the working poor. [Read More]

Barack as Scrooge?

By Arthur C. Brooks

Posted: Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Barack Obama has been less than generous with his donations to charities over the years. [Read More]

F. A. Hayek, Spontaneous Order, and the Mirage of Social Justice

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By John Tomasi

Posted: Tuesday, April 1, 2008

One lesson we can learn from Hayek is that one can be against expansive governmental programs precisely because one is for social justice. [Read More]

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