This is a good question, and one that gets asked less than you might think. It being President’s Day, let’s go through the list since 1945 and see who comes out looking best. My report card may surprise you. Harry Truman I’m not a big fan. Truman allowed hawks in his administration, led by Dean […]
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Kuttner, Galston, and the Debate Over the Social Safety Net
Robert Kuttner and William Galston round out our forum on the future of entitlement programs.
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On Generational Equity, Healthcare, and Keynesian Economics
Dean Baker responds to his forum counterparts.
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Investments and Entitlements
Entitlement programs have tended to squeeze out public investment. What is there to be done about that?
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“Entitlements” Are Just a Budget Category
Why should Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid be untouchable and not other programs? And shouldn’t there be more to the liberal message than, “Don’t touch entitlements”?
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Fiscal Policy, the Long-Term Budget, and Inequality
Table of Contents Introduction: The Future of the Social Safety Net Triumph and TribulationHenry Aaron When Public Opinions CollideAndrew Levison Social Insurance: The Real CrisisRobert Kuttner Thoughts on a Center-Left Entitlements StrategyWilliam Galston Fiscal Policy, the Long-Term Budget, and InequalityDean Baker “Entitlements” Are Just […]
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Thoughts on a Center-Left Entitlements Strategy
How we might shape Social Security and Medicare for the future
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Social Insurance: The Real Crisis
Why an inefficient welfare state is an insufficient one
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Triumph and Tribulation
How progressives might approach changes to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
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The Future of the Social Safety Net
Progressive perspectives on the the New Deal/Great Society entitlement programs
