Health & Social Policy

Social Security is our most successful antipoverty program, but large numbers of the elderly are still poor—and Social Security could be part of the solution.

E conomist-bashing has long been a popular pastime among intellectuals right and left. Economists themselves, however, are not supposed to bash back. So when I decided to break that rule, I fully expected retribution. Surprisingly, until now all of the really personal attacks on me have come from the right, from the likes of Alan […]

We could afford the dependent baby boomer generation once–during its childhood. We can do it again when the boomers retire.

The problem isn’t that old folks get too much money from government — it’s that young families get too little. Recalling the GI Bill and the politics of generational solidarity.

Emphasizing work and family could revitalize the Democratic Party. But only if progressives seize the moment.

The development of human growth hormone and antidepressants like Prozac has already begun to blur the line between “treating” an illness and “enhancing” an otherwise already healthy person, making it difficult for insurance companies to know how and what to pay for.