Martin Feldstein to Keynote Cato Social Security Conference
December 18, 2000
The Cato Institute has formally announced Privatizing
Social Security: Beyond the Theory, a two-day conference to be held at Cato's
Washington, D.C. headquarters in February of next year. Keynoting the event
is Martin Feldstein, a leading economist and expert on Social Security reform.
President-elect George W. Bush made Social Security reform based on personal
retirement accounts a centerpiece of his campaign, and exit polls showed 57
percent of voters supporting his proposal. With the election now decided the
new Bush administration must act on reform, and the Cato conference on February
6-7, 2001 will help translate theory into a real working system of individually
owned, privately invested accounts.
Keynoting the conference is Martin
Feldstein, Professor of Economics at Harvard University and President of
the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Feldstein, who served as the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers in
the Reagan Administration, is a leading expert on pension reform and a top Social
Security advisor to the Bush campaign. He is the author of more than 300 academic
papers and the author or editor of many books, including
Privatizing
Social Security (University Chicago Press, 1998).
Other confirmed speakers will explore the politics, policy and economics of
Social Security reform. Two days of panels will examine why we need to privatize
Social Security and how to do so, including how to finance the transition; how
to regulate and administer individual accounts; how privatization will affect
women, the poor, and minorities; and the politics of privatization. An agenda
follows this story.
Since 1979 the Cato Institute has been seeking alternatives to the current
Social Security system and has published more than 40 books, articles, and reports
outlining the program’s problems and crafting innovative policy solutions. To
learn more about Social Security privatization and to register for this conference,
go to www.socialsecurity.org or call (202) 218-4633.
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