Social Security: Studies

“Spending Beyond Our Means: How We Are Bankrupting Future Generations,”

By Jagadeesh Gokhale. White Paper . February 13, 2013.

“Still a Better Deal: Private Investment vs. Social Security,”

By Michael D. Tanner. Policy Analysis No. 692. February 13, 2012.

“Social Security, Ponzi Schemes, and the Need for Reform,”

By Michael D. Tanner. Policy Analysis No. 689. November 17, 2011.

“Social Security’s Financial Outlook and Reforms: An Independent Evaluation,”

By Jagadeesh Gokhale. Working Paper No. 6. October 25, 2011.

“Bankrupt: Entitlements and the Federal Budget,”

By Michael D. Tanner. Policy Analysis No. 673. March 28, 2011.

“The Connection between Wage Growth and Social Security’s Financial Condition,”

By Jagadeesh Gokhale. Policy Analysis No. 607. December 10, 2007.

“KidSave: Real Problem, Wrong Solution,”

By Michael D. Tanner and Jagadeesh Gokhale. Policy Analysis No. 562. January 24, 2006.

“The Personal Lockbox: A First Step on the Road to Social Security Reform,”

By Michael D. Tanner. Policy Analysis No. 550. September 13, 2005.

“Social Security Status Quo versus Reform: What’s the Tradeoff?,”

By Jagadeesh Gokhale. Social Security Choice Paper No. 35. July 22, 2005.

“Noble Lies, Liberal Purposes, and Personal Retirement Accounts,”

By Will Wilkinson. Social Security Choice Paper No. 34. June 28, 2005.

“Keep the Cap: Why a Tax Increase Will Not Save Social Security,”

By Michael D. Tanner. Briefing Paper No. 93. June 8, 2005.

“A Better Deal at Half the Cost: SSA Scoring of the Cato Social Security Reform Plan,”

By Michael D. Tanner. Briefing Paper No. 92. April 26, 2005.

“Social Security Choices for the 21st-Century Woman,”

By Leanne Abdnor. Social Security Choice Paper No. 33. February 24, 2004.

“The 6.2 Percent Solution: A Plan for Reforming Social Security,”

By Michael D. Tanner. Social Security Choice Paper No. 32. February 17, 2004.

“The Better Deal: Estimating Rates of Return under a System of Individual Accounts,”

By Michael D. Tanner. Social Security Choice Paper No. 31. October 28, 2003.

“Large Accounts and Small Cash Deficits: Increasing Personal Account Size within a Fiscally Responsible Social Security Reform Framework,”

By Andrew G. Biggs. Social Security Choice Paper No. 30. April 25, 2003.

“Failing by a Wide Margin: Methods and Findings in the 2003 Social Security Trustees Report,”

By Andrew G. Biggs. Briefing Paper No. 82. April 22, 2003.

“Public Opinion and Private Accounts: Measuring Risk and Confidence in Rethinking Social Security,”

By John Zogby, Regina Bonacci, John Bruce, Will Daley & Rebecca Wittman. Social Security Choice Paper No. 29. January 6, 2003.

“Retirement Finance Reform Issues Facing the European Union,”

By William G. Shipman. Social Security Choice Paper No. 28. January 2, 2003.

“Personal Accounts in a Down Market: How Recent Stock Market Declines Affect the Social Security Reform Debate,”

By Andrew G. Biggs. Briefing Paper No. 74. September 10, 2002.

“Perspectives on the President’s Commission to Strengthen Social Security,”

By Andrew G. Biggs. Social Security Choice Paper No. 27. August 22, 2002.

“The Trust Fund, the Surplus, and the Real Social Security Problem,”

By June O'Neill. Social Security Choice Paper No. 26. April 9, 2002.

“A Proposed Legal, Regulatory, and Operational Structure for an Investment-Based Social Security System,”

By Charles E. Rounds Jr.. Social Security Choice Paper No. 25. February 19, 2002.

“No Second Best: The Unappetizing Alternatives to Social Security Privatization,”

By Michael D. Tanner. Social Security Choice Paper No. 24. January 29, 2002.

“The Impact of Social Security Reform on Low-Income Workers,”

By Jagadeesh Gokhale. Social Security Choice Paper No. 23. December 6, 2001.