Videos

Mercatus' Veronique de Rugy and Center for American Progress' Christian Weller talked about the state of the U.S. economy and the March 2022 job numbers.

Christian Weller talked by video from Boston about new Department of Labor rules on investment advice standards for retirement accounts, as well as whether Americans are saving enough for re…

Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy Karen Dynan, the chief economist of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, spoke about retirement savings. She discussed President Obama’s proposal for …

Policy experts talked about helping Americans save more for retirement. They discussed Social Security, individual retirement accounts (IRAs), and refundable tax credits. “Raising Awaren…

Policy experts talked about helping Americans save more for retirement. They discussed social security, individual retirement accounts, and refundable tax credits. “The State of Research …

Christian Weller talked by telephone about the state of peoples' plans for retirement.

News headlines were read and phone lines, divided by age ranges, were open for viewer calls on the question, “How are you preparing for retirement?” Christian Weller, with the National Insti…

Christian Weller and Diana Furchtgott-Roth talked about the implications of Standard and Poor’s downgrade of the credit ratings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and other agencies linked to lon…

Andrew Biggs and Christian Weller talked about their assumptions and conclusions of a Congressional Budget Office report asserting that current federal spending projections indicate a rise …

A hearing was held on the effect of the financial crisis on pension funds and workers' directed retirement accounts, such as 401(k) plans. Congressional Budget Office Director Peter Orszag s…

Christian Weller talked about his testifimony in front of the House Education and Labor Committee on Tuesday, October 7, 2008, on the impact of the financial situation and of the rescue bill…

The Senate Special Aging Committee held a hearing on improving the ways Americans can save for their retirement. The hearing focused on the need to protect and strengthen 401(k) retirement s…

Later today, Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Pauslon will testify before the House Financial Services Committee on a proposed series of financial market regulat…

Senator Ron Wyden delivered the keynote speech. He talked about his proposed legislation for creating a five-star safety rating system for consumer credit cards. Following his speech, the…

Mr. Weller talked about consumer debt. He discussed his group’s recent reports that Americans are falling deeper in debt due to home, education, and health care costs. He responded to audien…

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, California Congressman George Miller, economists, and experts participated in a panel discussion on financial security and tax reform. Among the topi…

James B. Lockhart III, Deputy Commissioner of Social Security was also a panelist. Social Security experts talked about the future of the program and proposals for reform on the 70th anni…

Americans United to Protect Social Security held a news conference to present findings on the impact of President Bush’s plan for Social Security. Among the topics they addressed were benefi…

The American Enterprise Institute held a forum titled “The Outlook for Medicare and Social Security.” Stephen Goss, the chief actuary for the Social Security Administration, will spoke abou…

Panelists discussed the future of Social Security. They responded to questions from the audience.