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Bernard Wasow, Senior Fellow, Program - DC
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Bernard Wasow received his BA from Reed College and his PhD in economics from
Stanford University. In between, he spent a year as a DAAD Fellow at the Free
University of Berlin. He has been a member of the Economics Departments at the
University of British Columbia, the University of Nairobi (five years), New
York University (20 years, tenured) and, as a visitor, at Columbia University,
Monash University (Melbourne, Australia), and the Central European University
(Prague, Czechoslovakia). He also has worked in the research department of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York and as a Program Officer at the Ford Foundation.
Besides teaching overseas he spent a year each in Puerto Rico, with the Committee
to Study Puerto Rico's Finances, and Bangladesh, with the Harvard Institute
for International Development. He has participated in two World Bank missions
to Kenya and two to Mongolia, the second of these as mission leader. His publications
are in the fields of international economics and development.
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Publications on Social Security
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| Scare Tactics: Why Social Security Is Not in Crisis
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
7/10/2008
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| Reforming Tax Incentives to Promote Private Savings for Retirement
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
8/2/2006
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| Four Questions and Answers about the Social Security Trust Funds, the National Debt, and Sound Fiscal Policy
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
7/6/2005
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| Disaster Ahead! The Breathless World Of The New Dismal Scientists
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
5/24/2005
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| Back to the Future: The Harsh Reality Underlying a Proposed Change in Social Security
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Bernard Wasow,
Martha Paskoff Welsh,
The Century Foundation,
2/3/2005
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| Twelve Reasons Why Privatizing Social Security is a Bad Idea
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Greg Anrig,
Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
12/14/2004
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| The "Unfunded Liabilities" Ruse
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
10/25/2004
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| Policy for a Secure Retirement
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
5/5/2004
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| A New Minimum Benefit for Social Security
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Bernard Wasow,
4/12/2004
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| Promoting Retirement Savings The Bush Plan vs. A Better Way
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
2/6/2004
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| Reassuring News in the 2003 Social Security Trustees Report
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
6/1/2003
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| Setting the Record Straight: Social Security Works for Latinos
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
5/1/2002
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| Setting the Record Straight: Women and Social Security Women and Social Security
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
4/1/2002
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| Setting the Record Straight: Two False Claims about African Americans and Social Security
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
3/1/2002
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| What Would REALLY Happen Under Social Security Privatization? Part I: Solving a Problem by Creating a Bigger One
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Greg Anrig,
Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
12/10/2001
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| What Would REALLY Happen Under Social Security Privatization? Part II: Millionaires One and All?
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Greg Anrig,
Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
12/10/2001
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| What Would REALLY Happen Under Social Security Privatization? Part III: IRAs and 401(k)s You Can Not Control or Leave to Heirs
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Greg Anrig,
Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
12/10/2001
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| What Would REALLY Happen Under Social Security Privatization? Part IV: Insecurity for the Disabled and Dependents of Workers
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Greg Anrig,
Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
12/10/2001
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Articles
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| Happy Sweet 73
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
8/14/2008
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| Social Security Cooling
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
6/26/2007
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| A Safety Net We Need
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
2/27/2007
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| Budgetary Chutzpah
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
1/30/2007
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| A Lost Battle Restarted
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
1/25/2007
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| Looming Federal Deficits: Don’t Blame the Elderly
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
1/22/2007
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| The Best and Worst in the Economy, 2006
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
12/28/2006
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| We Have a Bridge You Might Want to Buy
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
6/13/2006
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| Annual Bell Has Privatizers Salivating
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
5/2/2006
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| Mandatory Private Accounts Are So Yesterday
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
12/7/2005
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| A Tired “New” Idea
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
7/18/2005
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| Confronting New Realities on Pensions
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
5/16/2005
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| Chile Con Economy?
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Bernard Wasow,
The American Prospect,
5/10/2005
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| Perspective on the Social Security Hearings
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
4/26/2005
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| America: Selfishly Open-Hearted
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
4/5/2005
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| The Social Security “Crisis:” Still a Molehill
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
3/24/2005
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| Questions for Alan Greenspan
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Bernard Wasow,
Richard C. Leone,
Greg Anrig,
The Century Foundation,
2/15/2005
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| Telling It Like They Want It to Be
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
2/1/2005
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| The Beginning of Social Security's End?
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
1/10/2005
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| Twisting Facts into Pretzels
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
12/21/2004
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| A Warning For Social Security "Reformers"
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
11/17/2004
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| Understanding Our Ignorance
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
11/8/2004
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| The Chairman Grows Older But Not Wiser
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
9/1/2004
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| Promises to Keep
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
8/11/2004
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| Enrons of the Future?
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Bernard Wasow,
Martha Paskoff Welsh,
The Century Foundation,
6/18/2004
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| Return of the Fortune Tellers
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
6/16/2004
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| From Here to Eternity
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
3/25/2004
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| A Multicultural Rescue for Social Security
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
3/18/2004
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| Thinking Harder About the Unthinkable
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
3/3/2004
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| Calm Down, Chicken Little
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
2/12/2004
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| Private Eyes Conservatives Have Things Backwards on Social Security
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Bernard Wasow,
The American Prospect,
5/2/2003
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| Survivors in the Safety Net
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Bernard Wasow,
The Century Foundation,
11/21/2001
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| Use Right Measure to Judge Social Security's Success
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Bernard Wasow,
Bridge News,
4/10/2000
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