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.

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