A proposal for a U.S. Social Security reform that gradually, but ultimately fully, privatizes the system. This proposal follows the no-harm, no-foul principle in that it preserves the benefits of older generations and yet promises the same or higher retirement benefits for the young.

An investigation of the allocative consequences of resource shifts that would result if the Clinton administration's budget plan is adopted, examining the timing and composition of both net outlay cuts and net revenue increases represented in the budget proposal, as well as the generational...

An argument that shifting to a privatized, funded and contribution-based Social Security system could provide undiminished benefits to current retirees while simultaneously preserving the promise of a secure retirement for today's workers and their descendants.

An analysis of the intergenerational tax burdens that are likely to arise under the Clinton administration's health care reform proposal as well as under two alternative plans, examining the potential redistributive effects of each.

A look at the Clinton administration's first piece of budget legislation--the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (OBRA93)--showing that although it appears to be more successful than OBRA90, its Bush administration predecessor, it may still be subject to the same type of unanticipated...

A summary of the administration's final budget bill that was enacted in summer 1993, highlighting the changes in the scope and timing of deficit reductions and in the amount and distribution of revenue increases.

This paper proposes a Social Security reform for the United States that gradually, but ultimately fully, privatizes the system. This proposal follows the “no-harm, no-foul” principle in that it preserves the benefits of older generations and yet promises the same or higher retirement...