Too Big to Save?
Robert Pozen looks at the causes of the 2008 financial collapse and says that the financial system needs to be reformed so that we don’t see a repeat down the road. He argues for changing t…
493 viewsRobert Pozen looks at the causes of the 2008 financial collapse and says that the financial system needs to be reformed so that we don’t see a repeat down the road. He argues for changing t…
493 viewsThe Securites and Exchange Commission (SEC) Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting released its final report. Committee members responded to questions from the press.
180 viewsThe Cato Institute held a policy forum on “Progressive Price Indexing for Social Security.” Mr. Pozen, author of the progress price-indexing concept, and other experts discussed the impact …
54 viewsParticipating by remote connection, Mr. Pozen, a former member of the President’s Commission to Strengthen Social Security, talked about Social Security and personal retirement accounts. In …
54 viewsCommissioners talked about a series of three recommendations to reform Social Security, all of which allowed some degree of personal investment of payroll taxes.
221 viewsCommission members questioned witnesses about the outlook for the Social Security program, as well as potential changes in Social Security.
213 viewsIn their third meeting, commission members heard testimony on the historical experience of administering portable personal accounts, various types of trust funds used by the Social Security …
103 viewsThe president’s Commission on Social Security met to finalize the language of its interim report on the future of the program and to create a mechanism for receiving public input at its Sept…
73 viewsParticipants talked about proposed reforms to the Social Security system, including plans to add personal investment accounts, changing retirement ages, and extending the solvency of the sys…
137 viewsParticipants talked about the readiness of financial markets for the year 2000 computer problem. They stated that although the threat of the problem was the most serious one faced by the fin…
90 viewsRobert Pozen spoke about the impact of the Asian economic crisis on the Pacific Rim and U.S. economies. He said that although the long-term impact on the U.S. economy should be slight the cr…
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