Vigdor is a professor at the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance with a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard. He said ...

How much Washington should raise in new tax revenue and who will pay is something state lawmakers and Gov. Bob Ferguson will ...

Sweden's partial privatization of its social insurance system - 2.5% of wages going to stocks - seems a good model for the U.S. There is no federal program that is more important to the financial ...

Give Democrats in the state Legislature credit for seeking to turn crisis into opportunity; by proposing a slate of tax changes and increases that in addition to avoiding substantial cuts in order to ...

New York's budget is delayed over changes to the 'discovery' law for criminal trials, lawmakers say. Other Hochul proposals ...

The first round of April’s Social Security payments, worth up to $5,108 for the highest-income earners who retire at 70, will ...

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You may find your job fulfilling, but at the end of the day, you work to earn a living. That income provides a roof over your ...

With over 70 million Americans relying on Social Security, concerns about its sustainability are growing. Inflation and ...