This event will examine more radical reforms that — while aiming to accomplish the same goals as the current Social Security program — would do so through fundamentally different structures.

How would personal Social Security accounts have fared in the current market?

What does the turbulent stock market tell us about Social Security personal accounts?

The government should focus on those things only government can do, such as the transfers to lifetime low earners that Social Security provides, and individuals and markets should do what they do best, which includes ordinary retirement saving for middle and high earners.

There are some interesting pension developments in Argentina that shed some light on Social Security policy in the United States.

Instead of issuing bonds into the Social Security trust fund,the Treasury should issue the bonds directly into your own personal account:your own trust fundofrisk-free assets.

What does the turbulent stock market tell us about Social Security personal accounts?

Despite the market turmoil of the past year, personal accounts are still not a bad option to include in Social Security reform.