Breaking windows will stimulate the economy, according to a leading public pension advocacy group. Skeptical? The National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) has not literally endorsed breaking windows, but a report recently published by the organization relies on the same economic fallacy.According to NIRS-whose membership consists principally of...

AEI scholar Andrew Biggs, a former principal deputy commissioner at the Social Security Administration, is available to explain why retirees will not get a cost of living adjustment this year.

A panel of retirement finance experts will discuss questions regarding retirement policy reform.

The Social Security Administration announced today that, for the first time since the 1970s, no Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) to retirement benefits will be paid in January 2010.

Raising the Social Security early retirement age from 62 to 65 in the United States would have a number of positive outcomes.

As budget negotiations between Democrats and Republicans stall, the possibility of a government shutdown on March 4 rapidly increases.

A new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study finds that federal government employees receive significantly higher compensation than private sector workers with the same levels of education and experience. The CBO report confirms the conclusions of AEI economist Andrew Biggs's 2010 study, and helps rebut claims that federal workers are underpaid

In anticipation of President Obama's budget reform speech on Wednesday, April 13, several AEI scholars will be available to comment on the economic and political implications of the speech: Andrew Biggs, John H. Makin, Vincent Reinhart, Alan Viard, Michael Barone, Karlyn Bowman, and Norman J. Ornstein.