Social Security is one of America's most successful government programs. It has helped millions of Americans avoid poverty in old age. To be sure, the program faces a long-term deficit and is in need of updating. But Social Security's long-term financial health can be restored: the projected...

Under reasonable projections, the unified budget deficits over the next decade will average 3.5 percent of GDP. Compared to a balanced budget, the unified budget deficits will reduce annual national income a decade hence by 1 to 2 percent (or roughly $1,500 to $3,000 per household per year, on...

Medicare Part D is a bold experiment in the public/private provision of health insurance. Both researchers and beneficiaries need access to data to see if it works, but the government is stonewalling, according to Dana Goldman and Daniel McFadden.