On April 5, 2012, the President signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, which passed by a large bipartisan majority in the Congress. The Act is designed to facilitate the equity funding of new companies. Recent research has documented that from 1980 through the 2008-09 recession new companies have been main drivers of job creation in the United States. 

Tom Miller's proposals for Medicaid reform. 

At this event, AEI resident scholar Andrew Biggs will address members of the Savings and Retirement Forum about the present system and propose reforms that could create a more transparent and effective retirement program.

Social Security should be reoriented, to a degree at least, to focus more closely on its safety net and poverty protection elements.

An oddity due to the Cost of Living Adjustment to Social Security demonstrates the need for simplifying Social Security's structure.

Many on the political left decry the disappearance of defined-benefit pension plans from the private sector and strive mightily to maintain them for public-sector employees. The people who put defined-benefit plans and policies in place assumed there would always be someone able to pay for them.

Given the tight fiscal environment, it is critical that policymakers have a solid grasp on how to think about college costs and accountability so that they will be prepared to make important decisions about budget cuts and higher education policy in the years ahead.

Alex Brill offers a blueprint for "meaningful, incremental change to strengthen Social Security" and reduce the long-term fiscal burden on the budget.