Monique Morrissey
Economist
Publications by Monique Morrissey
Blog
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April 18, 2013 | Kids vs. seniors: an Urban myth
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April 12, 2013 | Will the birthday bump prevent an increase in senior poverty from the chained CPI?
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April 5, 2013 | Unshackle
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Feb. 19, 2013 | Strengthening Social Security for all
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Feb. 15, 2013 | Regular people are smarter than pundits, at least when it comes to Social Security
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Jan. 25, 2013 | Louisiana retirement plan ruled unconstitutional
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Jan. 16, 2013 | AARP comes out against COLA cut
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Jan. 11, 2013 | Private-sector pension coverage fell by half over two decades
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Dec. 21, 2012 | Impact of proposed Social Security cut on blacks and Hispanics, take 2
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Dec. 18, 2012 | The unkindest cut
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Sept. 28, 2012 | Another right-wing attack on public workers
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Sept. 26, 2012 | Social Security, Medicare and life expectancy
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Sept. 25, 2012 | Retirement proposals a big step forward
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Sept. 5, 2012 | Seniors spend almost three times more on out-of-pocket health costs
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Aug. 30, 2012 | How much will the Ryan Medicare voucher cost you?
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Aug. 3, 2012 | Keep your government hands on my Medicare!
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July 16, 2012 | Wages and Social Security
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June 29, 2012 | A Solow system
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June 15, 2012 | New Fed data shows families falling even farther behind in retirement saving
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May 21, 2012 | What happens if you tighten your belt …
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May 17, 2012 | Social Security advocates go on the offensive
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May 9, 2012 | Andrew Biggs is at it again
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May 7, 2012 | What we should talk about when we talk about Social Security
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April 26, 2012 | The Social Security trustees report—now what?
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April 23, 2012 | The 2012 Social Security trustees report in a nutshell
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April 16, 2012 | Tax breaks for saving
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Jan. 31, 2012 | Are federal workers overpaid?
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Dec. 23, 2011 | Thanks, grandma!
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Dec. 21, 2011 | Top 10 lies about Social Security (from those who just want to dismantle government)
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Dec. 9, 2011 | Seniors are STILL worse off than working-age adults
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Dec. 2, 2011 | Public pension scourge is at it again
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Nov. 23, 2011 | Garbage in, garbage out at Heritage and AEI?
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Nov. 15, 2011 | The invisible sex
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Nov. 9, 2011 | Social Security and the federal deficit (part 2)
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Nov. 2, 2011 | Social Security and the federal deficit (Part 1)
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Oct. 17, 2011 | Who’s middle class? It depends…
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Oct. 5, 2011 | American Enterprise Institute authors say Social Security and pensions are a bargain
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Oct. 3, 2011 | Poll shows support for increasing Social Security benefits
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Sept. 20, 2011 | Don’t depend on the kindness of corporations
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Sept. 16, 2011 | Fixing upside-down tax breaks should be a no-brainer, but…
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Sept. 15, 2011 | Greedy geezers?
Report
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Dec. 12, 2012 | New Louisiana retirement plan is bad for workers and taxpayers: Cash balance plan increases retirement insecurity without offering any savings
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Sept. 13, 2012 | California retirement plan could serve as a national model
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May 30, 2012 | Can workers offset Social Security cuts by working longer?
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Feb. 9, 2012 | Do public school teachers really receive lavish benefits?: Richwine and Biggs’ recent report doesn’t make the grade
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Nov. 9, 2011 | The myth of early retirement
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April 14, 2011 | Discounting public pensions: Reports of trillions in shortfalls ignore expected returns on assets
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Jan. 26, 2011 | Beyond ‘normal’: Raising the retirement age is the wrong approach for Social Security
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Dec. 2, 2010 | A plan to bury Social Security, not to strengthen it
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Aug. 6, 2010 | Social Security and the Federal Deficit: Not cause and effect
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April 14, 2010 | Social Security and the federal budget
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Sept. 4, 2009 | Making mountains out of molehills: Do teacher pensions create “peculiar incentives” for retirement?
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June 26, 2009 | Obama Retirement Plan Falls Short
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May 14, 2009 | Medicare Privatization: A Cautionary Tale
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May 5, 2009 | Working the graveyard shift: Why raising the Social Security retirement age is not the answer
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Aug. 22, 2008 | Social Security—government report shows that program is healthy for decades to come
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Sept. 28, 2007 | Why SCHIP matters
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Aug. 9, 2006 | Guest worker programs should include strong wage protections for U.S. workers
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May 5, 2006 | Bush Administration Forces Companies to Negotiate Worse Benefits
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May 1, 2006 | Bush’s Latest Assault on Retirement Security
Economic snapshot
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June 20, 2012 | Young families fall even farther behind in saving
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July 27, 2011 | COLA cut would hurt oldest retirees the most
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Oct. 21, 2009 | Highest earners get biggest tax breaks for saving for retirement
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March 9, 2009 | Caution: When Used as Directed, 401(k)s are Hazardous to Your Financial Health
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Nov. 12, 2008 | Working hard or hardly working?
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June 25, 2008 | How economic conditions affect retirement decisions
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Jan. 16, 2008 | Rich man, poor man: The life expectancy gap
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Oct. 10, 2007 | War spending placed above domestic priorities
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June 13, 2007 | Privatizers lose Social Security battle, but make inroads in Medicare
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May 16, 2007 | Should teens work in construction?
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March 21, 2007 | Looking for savings in all the wrong places
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March 1, 2006 | Living standards not keeping pace with productivity
Testimony
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Feb. 13, 2013 | Strengthening Social Security for all
Commentary
June 13, 2011 | No Pension, No Security
Jan. 27, 2011 | CBO Budget Report Shows Little Change to Social Security Outlook
May 27, 2010 | Social Security is sustainable
March 19, 2010 | Fact Check: Has Social Security begun tapping its trust funds?
Feb. 20, 2009 | What’s needed is health care reform, not an entitlements commission
Jan. 16, 2009 | Top newspapers play into Social Security scaremongering
Aug. 3, 2006 | Prevailing wage data complicates immigration debate