Peter J. Ferrara, associate policy analyst, is general counsel and chief economist for Americans for Tax Reform. A leading Social Security scholar, he is the author of Social Security: The Inherent Contradiction and several other books on Social Security. He served in the Reagan administration from 1981 to 1983 and as associate deputy attorney general of the United States in 1992-93. He has also practiced law and taught at George Mason University School of Law.
Private Social Security Accounts: Still a Good Idea
The Wall Street Journal. October 27, 2010.
Cato.org. October 25, 2000.
Al Gore’s Social Security Confusion
Cato.org. October 6, 2000.
10 Reasons to Oppose Virginia Sales Tax Increases
Briefing Paper No. 75. September 18, 2002.
The Failed Critique of Personal Accounts
Briefing Paper No. 68. October 8, 2001.
Social Security Is Still a Hopelessly Bad Deal for Today’s Workers
Social Security Choice Paper No. 18. November 29, 1999.
International Trends in the Combination of Banking
Cato Journal. Fall 1990.
Intergenerational Transfers and Super IRAs
Cato Journal. Spring/Summer 1986.
Cato Journal. Fall 1983.
