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Andrew Biggs
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Economists Refute Biggs-Munnell Plan to Repeal 401(k) Tax Preferences to Boost Social Security
Eyebrow-raising brief from noted retirement experts sparks rebuttals from Cato Institute and Mercatus Center
Andrew Biggs Explains Why There Really Is No Retirement Crisis
Andrew Biggs, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a former Deputy Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, explains why he thinks most Americans probably are indeed saving enough for retirement, and how what he says are “flawed” calculations exaggerate the shortfall of Social Security’s retirement income replacement rate.
Biggs: Social Security Exaggerates Shortfall of Retirement Income Replacement Rate
New working paper says retirement income security is actually improving while agency’s flawed calculation method makes it appear a “crisis” is brewing
So Far, Retirement Crisis is a ‘No-Show’: Andrew Biggs
Retirement income security appears to be getting better, not worse
AEI’s Andrew Biggs on How the U.S. Retirement System Compares with Other Countries
How does the U.S. retirement system compare with other countries in retiree satisfaction? For all its faults, you’d…
Social Security 2021: What Will and What Might Happen
Some changes impacting Social Security beginning in 2021 we know about, and other potentially more significant ones are…
Munnell, Biggs Debate Merits of Biden Social Security Plan
Two of the nation’s most high-profile retirement plan policy experts, Andrew Biggs and Alicia Munnell, often disagree on…
Is There Really a Retirement Crisis?
NOT TO DIMINISH the severity of recent coronavirus-fueled market events, but it’s not exactly news to note the…
Combating The Washington Post’s Ridiculous 401k Criticism
Democracy dies in darkness, and so apparently do retirement plans. The Bezos-owned Washington Post is out with a…
Bill to Resume Social Security Statement Mailings Advances in House
The Senate may soon have another retirement savings reform bill to add to the already overcrowded desk of…