The federal government could face hundreds of billions of dollars in additional annual borrowing needs.

In a recent piece in Bloomberg, labor economist Kathryn Anne Edwards proposes a solution to the Social Security trust fund shortfall: change the tax treatment of the self-employed.

Quick ReadSocial Security ran a $160 billion deficit in 2025, and trustees project the shortfall will keep widening every ...

Social Security's trust fund that helps pay retirement benefits is projected to run out in late 2032. New research finds that ...

Early 2027 COLA estimates range from 3.8% to 4.7%, up from the 2026 rate of 2.5%, with an official SSA announcement due in October. The Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act would eliminate the ...

Labor economist Kathryn Anne Edwards joins the show to propose a solution to funding the Social Security trust fund.

Social Security’s funding gap is getting harder to ignore, but experts say the right mix of changes could still reshape its future for workers and retirees.

The Bipartisan Social Security Commission Act would create a 13-member commission on long-term Social Security solvency.

The Social Security Administration has long estimated that its retirement benefit replaces roughly 40% of a typical worker’s pre-retirement earnings. That figure is a national average, and it varies ...

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You'd think with Social Security now just six years away from insolvency, that Washington would be hard at work trying to ...