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President George Bush listens to Slovak Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda's introduction before giving remarks at Hviezdoslavovo Square in Bratislava, Slovakia, Feb. 24, 2005 (whitehouse.gov)Social Security Part 5: Boom or Bust?
As the baby boomers approach retirement age, economists and politicians are focusing on reforms to the social security system and what will be left after the bubble of the boomers has passed through. Economists Peter Diamond and Andrew Samwick discuss when the problems will start and how to fix them.
Bush on Tour
Alan Murray, Columnist for the Wall Street Journal, on the President's travels and other news from Washington
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and
Matt Rees,
Jerusalem Bureau Chief, Time Magazine,
on recent conciliatory acts by Syria and Egypt
» time.com
Experiments in Sound
Jad Abumrad,
Host of WNYC's Radiolab,
on the development of his show Radiolab
» Radiolab
Social Security Part 5: Boom or Bust?
Peter Diamond,
Professor of Economics at M.I.T., and author, with Peter Orszag,
Saving Social Security: A Balanced Approach
(Brookings Institution Press, 2003),
» Saving Social Security
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Andrew Samwick,
Professor of Economics and Director of the Nelson A. Rockefeller at Dartmouth College and former chief economist on the staff of President Bush's Council of Economic Advisors,
on the mathematics of Baby Boomers and Social Security
» Andrew Samwick's blog
NY 51: District 35
Letitia James,
Represents the 35th District (WF) on the New York City Council, includes Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, parts of Crown Heights, Prospect Heights and Bedford Stuyvesant,
on life and politics in her district
» District 35
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Happy 150th Birthday, Evolution!
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