The New York Times on making do in retirement December 10, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman Floyd Norris’ excellent column about pensions also provides a warning about healthcare
How do you catch a candidate and pin him down? August 12, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman MinnPost asked Sen. Al Franken’s challenger nine times what he’d do about Medicare and Social Security. The exchange is illuminating for reporters and voters.
CNN sows confusion October 23, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman An interview with Sen. Angus King about the unfolding budget negotiations, Medicare, and Social Security–minus follow-up questions or clarifications
A laurel to Time‘s ‘Battleland’ blog July 17, 2013 By David Cay Johnston Winslow Wheeler’s posts show how the Pentagon uses its own inflation adjuster to make the case for more spending
Disability, Social Security, and the missing context May 31, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman As a trustees report comes out, a This American Life piece provides an unfortunate example of incomplete reporting
Planet 401(k): Tom Friedman’s bleak vision May 3, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman Elites are debating the shape of our future. It’s time for some mainstream reporting to deepen the discussion
The coming retirement-security crisis: let’s get real April 23, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman A Laurel to Michael Lind for trying to start the conversation
Chained CPI: A broken link at NPR April 11, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman For a massive change to Social Security, ‘he-said/she-said’ reporting just doesn’t cut it
A hat-tip to Investor’s Business Daily March 15, 2013 By David Cay Johnston A sharp blog post underscores the radical vision behind the Ryan budget
Take this fiscal pop quiz March 15, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman Test your knowledge about federal spending–and federal-spending myths
The enduring myth of the Greedy Geezer March 14, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman The press too easily accepts the young vs. old frame on the Social Security debate
What’s on the chopping block? February 12, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman The great sequestration guessing game: What will Democrats surrender?
Medicare Uncovered: parsing Senator Corker’s big bill February 5, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman A primer for reporters on a significant bill
Medicare Uncovered: Corker and his bill February 4, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman The press needs to move out of its comfort zone
USP Notes: NYT on Fix the Debt, ProPublica on ‘Democratic Grandmas’ January 10, 2013 By Greg Marx Private interests behind a public debate, and the unusual source of some campaign data
What’s a trillion, anyway? January 8, 2013 By David Cay Johnston How to make scary budget numbers meaningful
Faces Congress doesn’t see December 21, 2012 By Trudy Lieberman The “chained CPI” debate needs to step out of wonkland
The media discover the ‘chained CPI’ December 17, 2012 By Trudy Lieberman And the more they dig, the rougher it looks
The making of a meme December 11, 2012 By Trudy Lieberman Journos get on board the Let’s-Whack-Entitlements train
Dart: CBS and the Goldman Sachs solution November 27, 2012 By Trudy Lieberman Another weak showing on Social Security
A dart to Yahoo Finance November 12, 2012 By Trudy Lieberman For utterly confusing its readers about Social Security
Social Security: a Laurel to The Motley Fool November 1, 2012 By Trudy Lieberman An investment newsletter breaks down persistent myths
Audit Notes: What’s Social Security worth?, another CNBC ‘poll,’ Greg Smith October 23, 2012 By Ryan Chittum An excellent personal-finance story from the Journal
Pinning down Obama on Social Security September 28, 2012 By Trudy Lieberman Where exactly does he stand?
What a higher Retirement Age really means September 13, 2012 By Trudy Lieberman A Social Security mini-primer
A dart to the AP—and a laurel! August 31, 2012 By Trudy Lieberman Good work on fact-checking speeches; on Social Security, not so much
How to measure the worth of Social Security August 9, 2012 By Trudy Lieberman The AP rehashes an old idea
The Times finds the people angle on Social Security June 15, 2012 By Trudy Lieberman A human story clarifies a policy question