We should reduce Social Security benefits for middle- and high-income earners to encourage more working and saving—and free up the government to focus on the daunting challenges of Medicare and Medicaid.

James McNerney, chairman of the National Export Council and CEO of the Boeing Corporation, will deliver a keynote address describing the joint agenda of the government and the council, as well as strategies for achieving the nation's export-doubling goal.

Discusses Herbert Stein's and Lawrence Lindsey's views on personal savings.

Until recently, Barack Obama was surprisingly responsible regarding Social Security, but he now plans to fix the system's problems exclusively with higher taxes.

U.S. productivity growth accelerated in the mid-1990s and, despite the recession in 2001, has surged ahead at even higher rates over the past two years. Measured as growth in output per hour worked, increases in productivity are essential for sustained economic growth and increases in wages and jobs over the...