Forget Accounts for a Moment: How Do We Fix Social Security?

The debate about how to reform Social Security has been dominated by the fight over whether to create individual accounts and whether or not the system faces a "crisis." The central issue, what policy changes to make to address the system's long-term deficits, has been all but ignored. An esteemed group of experts will discuss many of the various options to fix Social Security, with no mention of accounts.

03/22/2005 - 12:03pm
The New America Foundation
1630 Connecticut Ave., NW 7th Floor
Washington, 20009
United States
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Participants

  • Bob Bixby
    Executive Director, The Concord Coalition

  • Jason Furman
    Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

  • Jagadeesh Gokhale
    Senior Fellow, CATO Institute

  • David John
    Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation

  • Ed Lorenzen
    Executive Director, Centrists.org

  • Maya MacGuineas
    Director, Fiscal Policy Program, New America Foundation

  • Peter Orszag
    Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

  • John Rother
    Director of Policy and Strategy, AARP

  • Steve Goss
    Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration

  • John Ydstie (Invited)
    Economics Correspondent, NPR