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Upcoming Events
November 1, 2001
The President’s Commission
to Strengthen Social Security will hold its next public meeting on November
9, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with a break for lunch between 1:00 p.m. and
2:00 p.m. The Commission will be deliberating on Social Security reform options,
including how to administer personal accounts. The Commission will also be holding
public meetings on November 29 and December 11.
More information will be posted here as soon as it is available. The Urban
Institute will host a forum on "A Framework for Analyzing and Managing Retirement
Risks: Implications for Reforming Social Security?" at noon on November 9. The
forum will feature Professor Zvi Bodie of Boston University, who has written
widely on the subject.
The Cato Institute will host a book forum today for John Hood, author of Investor
Politics: The New Force That Will Transform American Business, Government, and
Politics in the Twenty-First Century. The book argues that the most explosive
economic and political force of recent years has been the growth of personal
investment, through IRAs, 401(k)s and other financial devices. Hood examines
the political implications of the phenomena and how it will impact issues such
as Social Security reform. Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review and former
Gore speechwriter Daniel Pink will comment. Click
here for more information.
The Cato Institute and the China Center for Economic Research
will host a conference in Beijing, November 8, on "China's Pension System: Crisis and Challenge." Speakers include: Sun Jian Yong,
Justin Yifu Lin, John Greenwood, Jose Pinera, William, Shipman,
Michael Tanner, Mao Yushi, and Liu Ming Kang. To register, click
here.
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