Event Details:
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
9:20am - 12:20pm PDT
Location
Virtual Event
The Social Security trust fund reserves are projected to become insolvent by 2035. What measures can we take to prevent this shortfall? What are the consequences if we do nothing?
In this virtual seminar, experts from Stanford University, American Enterprise Institute , the Bipartisan Policy Center, the Brookings Institution, and will explore the cost of inaction, the lessons learned from the 1983 Social Security Amendments, and steps needed to secure Social Security’s future.
Schedule
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
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Breakfast & Prep
- Invited speakers only
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Welcome Remarks
- Gregory Rosston, Interim Director, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
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How we got here: Lessons from the 1977 and 1983 Social Security reforms
- John Cogan, Leonard and Shirley Ely Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
- John Shoven, Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Stanford University
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What can the President do if the trust fund is exhausted?
- Andrew Biggs, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
- Kristin Shapiro, Counsel, BakerHostetler
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Break
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What is needed going forward?
- Jason Fichtner, Chief Economist, Bipartisan Policy Center
- Gopi Shah Goda, Director of the Retirement Security Project, the Alice M. Rivlin Chair in Economic Policy, and Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
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Open Discussion and Q&A
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Lunch
- Invited speakers only
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