Before our depressing discussion today about the fiscal impact of entitlement programs (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, EITC, Food Stamps, welfare, and Obamacare, etc), here’s a video of how it all began. I think this is a great introduction to the issue, particularly since you learn how “public choice” (i.e., politicians engaging in self-serving behavior) played a key role in the development […]

Politicians in Washington have been trying to buy votes with proposals to expand Social Security.

A strange tax loophole in Poland.

Japan has plummeted in competitiveness rankings.

They need to prepare themselves for demographic decline.

Is South Korea heading in the wrong direction?

Many developed nations already have fully or partly privatized systems.

The folks at the Fraser Institute had the foresight to combine these topics.

Any journey begins with a first step.