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Berna Y. Brannon
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Berna Yiğit Brannon

Social Security Analyst

Berna Yiğit Brannon is a Social Security analyst with the Cato Institute's Project on Social Security Choice. Brannon's research focuses on the Social Security system and the development of reform plans that involve individual accounts. She has been a guest on numerous radio shows nationwide, and has also given presentations at academic conferences and in front of a wide variety of groups.

Prior to joining the Cato Institute she worked for the Strategic Analysis Group at the Miller Brewing Company. She received an M.S. in Applied Economics from Marquette University and a B.S. in Economics as well as Applied Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.

Selected Television Appearances TV

Berna Brannon discusses Social Security Choice on CNBC Bullseye, December 23, 2004.

Berna Brannon discusses Social Security on To The Point, December 22, 2004.

Published Works by Berna Yiğit Brannon

Opinion and Commentaries

"Time for Social Security Reform," A Cato Daily Commentary, January 8, 2005.

"A Social Security Plan to Last," A Cato Daily Commentary, August 3, 2004.

"We can't avoid Social Security reform forever," the Dallas Morning News, January 25, 2004.


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