Showing posts with label Jose Pinera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jose Pinera. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Personal Accounts Are Better than Empty Promises from Social Security

My Cato colleague Jose Pinera makes a powerful argument for "privatizing" Social Security, which is something that has happened in about 30 nations.



My Ph.D. dissertation was on Australia's private system, so I've always had a soft spot for this issue. Sadly, Washington is busy creating new entitlements instead of fixing the ones we already have.