Reforming Social Security
Thursday, January 13, 2005
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The Brookings Institution
Falk Auditorium
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Although President Bush has declared Social Security reform to be one of his top priorities for 2005, his principles for reform differ from the ideas being put forth by leading Democrats and AARP, a key player in the debate. With such divergent views on this important issue, Social Security reform stands to dominate American politics during the president's second term. The question is whether economically sound reform can be enacted.
On January 13, the Brookings Institution and the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center convened a forum to discuss ways to reform Social Security and to assess the prospects - and hurdles - for enactment in 2005.
Moderator:
WILLIAM GALE
Deputy Director and Arjay and Francis Fearing Miller Chair, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution; Co-Director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center.
Panelists:
JEFFREY BROWN
Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Former Staff Member, President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security.
PETER R. ORSZAG
Director, Retirement Security Project; Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow in Tax and Fiscal Policy, Brookings Institution.
JOHN ROTHER
Director of Policy and Strategy, AARP.
ROBERT POZEN
Chairman, MFS Investment Management; Former Member, President's Committee to Strengthen Social Security.
