"How Social Security has shaped American politics--and why it faces insolvency. Since its establishment, Social Security has become the financial linchpin of American retirement. Yet demographic trends--longer lifespans and declining birthrates--mean that this popular program now pays more in...

This paper examines spillovers onto Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) that occurred due to the Social Security Amendments of 1983, which, among other changes, gradually increased the retirement age for full benefits from 65 to 67. We determine whether the spillovers onto SSDI were...

Introduction / Alice H. Munnell -- Values, politics, and economics in social security reform. A framework for considering social security reform / Michael J. Boskin -- The economics of social security reform / Peter A. Diamond -- A political science perspective on social security reform / Hugh...