…exactly how Social Security works. You pay income tax on your ordinary income, then you put some of your after-tax money into Social Security which is a very safe savings…

…especially “bridging” social capital that extends broadly and not just to others in a very specific social group, involves lots of externalities. And the literature on how more social capital…

by Dale Coberly SOCIAL SECURITY Sweet Reasonableness and Fact Checkers Apparently the Big Liars are getting worried about the fact that “Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit.”…

…could stay close to home and read the essays put up by Dale Coberly here at AB Coberly on Social Security or by me Angry Bear Social Security Series perhaps…

There has always been a lot of misinformation and frank dishonesty surrounding Social Security. Here are three things that Social Security isn’t: 1. A retirement investment. Social Security is insurance….

Whither Social Capital? This past Friday there was yet another retirement conference, this time honoring “Mr. Social Capital,” Robert S. Putnam, who is retiring from Harvard’s Kennedy School at age…

…revenues to bring Social Security into balance. The second column shows the sum of all Social Security cash-flow deficits. In years in which Social Security benefits exceed revenues, the shortfall…

…coin has two sides. Social Security is the most successful progressive program ever invented. The fact that the rich pay a lower percent of their income for Social Security is…

by Bruce Webb A couple of commenters here have inquired about how Social Security would fare in a time of extended recession. And the really short answer is ‘not too…

…retrieve his Social Security payment so Mr. W. could pay his rent. · Mr. R. is sixty two years old, homebound, and lives entirely off of his $780 Social Security…