Social Security is the foundation of retirement security in America. In this report, Shai Akabas, Jason Fichtner (BPC Fellow), Gary Koenig (AARP Public Policy Institute), and Nicko Gladstone examine why older Americans typically do not claim Social Security optimally and how public policy can help them make better claiming decisions.

The report was accompanied by a BPC digital event on September 1, “Social Security Claiming: Opportunities and Considerations,” and was featured in a discussion on the BPC Weekly podcast.

On August 24, the Aspen Institute’s Financial Security Program joined Funding Our Future for a digital panel discussion that laid out ideas for a 2021 emergency savings policy agenda to help Americans bolster their financial safety nets.

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As unprecedented levels of joblessness continue to test America’s patchwork UI system, Kenneth Megan presents options for how policymakers could provide additional resources to address ongoing administrative challenges and improve benefit delivery.

CBO now projects that the federal government will run a 2020 deficit of $3.3 trillion, more than three times 2019’s deficit and the largest deficit as a share of GDP since 1945. Read Shai Akabas’s statement on the latest forecast and why fiscal health tomorrow requires fiscal stimulus today here.