The U.S. disability system is failing--growing at an unsustainable pace for taxpayers and delivering relatively poor outcomes to those with disabilities.

Based on our reading of the evidence, the Supplemental Security Income-disabled children program has increasingly become a more general welfare program that in large part targets a population of able-bodied single mothers that overlaps with the TANF population.

Social Security Insurance eligibility requirements make it more difficult for beneficiaries to work or save.

A recent paper by Mark Duggan and Melissa Kearney found that participation in the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, which offers a monthly stipend to individuals who prove that they cannot work, leads to a significant and persistent reduction in the probability that a child lives in poverty. The disability...

While difficult to achieve, fundamental disability reform is possible.

In the 1990s, social expectations of single mothers shifted.

The U.S. economy has grown considerably over the past three decades. However, there is a prevailing sentiment that the middle class and the poor have been left behind. Our results show evidence of considerable improvement in material well-being for both the middle class and the poor over the past three decades.

The stimulus bill could impact Social Security's finances.