Social Security's main trust fund is projected to be depleted by 2032. @kedseconomist.com explains why cutting Social Security benefits is the wrong idea 🎥
Kathryn Anne Edwards
@kedseconomist.com
Labor economist, opinion writer, policy consultant, podcaster https://linktr.ee/keds_economist https://linktr.ee/optimisteconomy
Without action, Social Security trust funds face shortfalls by 2032. What will automatic benefit cuts mean for low-income seniors? Join @kedseconomist.com, Anita Mukherjee, & Anil Kumar for an @irp.wisc.edu webinar. 📅 Sept 30 | 1 PM CT 🔗 www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/the...
The Future of Social Security for Vulnerable Retirees
Research | Training | Policy | Practice
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Are Social Security benefits too high? In my latest column, I offer a practical answer based on replacement rates and formulas, but I think it's getting at a larger question that we would be better off answering directly: What do we need Social Security to do? www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The Case Against Cutting Social Security Benefits
Are Social Security benefits too generous? Some fiscal hawks and classic conservatives say the answer is yes, and see the upcoming depletion of the trust fund as an opportunity to rein them in. Social...
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"If I'm shoved out of the labor market because…I have two kids under 5 and I cannot afford childcare—I just have to stop working for five years—that's bad for the economy. We lose a worker. And for what it's worth, the size of the economy is very well predicted by the number of people working in it"
Labor Economist Explains: To Fix Inequality, Start Young (Neon Liberalism #89, with Kathryn Anne Edwards)
What makes for a good economy on a generational scale?
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At 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET tomorrow, the great @kedseconomist.com and I will be discussing the new jobs numbers and the state of the labor market If you have early Labor Day plans, cancel ‘em :) open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE SOON: Jobs Day Debrief with Guy and Keds
Starting Sep 4 at 12:00 PM EDT
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I joined @wbur.org and On Point to discuss who is America's working class. Thank you so much for having me on! www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026...
Who’s really working class in America?
When politicians talk about America’s working class, they often mean blue collar workers without college degrees. But as more workers feel financially squeezed, should we expand that definition?
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Jobs data is in jeopardy. Here’s why you should care, explains @kedseconomist.com 🎥
Our unemployment system is broken. @kedseconomist.com explains how to fix it. Watch the full video on YouTube: youtu.be/56uAJVBQ1fg
I managed to take the Fed to task for bad leadership and discuss W.E.B. Du Bois's "The Philadelphia Negro," a real win of a column. Walking away from public data is going backwards in time, as the history of measuring the economic status of Black people shows. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The Fed’s Data Task Force Is a Step Backward
The logic seems straightforward enough: To make its decisions, the Federal Reserve needs timely and reliable information. A lot of that is public, but increasingly, there is relevant data in private h...
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US workers have it worse than they did 50 years ago, says @kedseconomist.com 🎥
Via @kedseconomist.com: Economic mismanagement is one of the biggest threats to Social Security, but it’s hardly discussed. For example, failing to invest in childcare can push parents out of the workforce, reducing the earnings—and payroll tax revenue—that help finance the program.
I wanted to share this reel from @kedseconomist.com . Good stuff and clearly shows we need tax reform here. www.instagram.com/reel/Db6NurD...
Kathryn Anne Edwards on Instagram: "Candid keds! My husband asked me about my latest column, and then filmed my answer. What else should I fit in here??? #medicaid #taxes #overtime #profits #tips"
342 likes, 19 comments - keds_economist on August 11, 2026: "Candid keds! My husband asked me about my latest column, and then filmed my answer. What else should I fit in here??? #medicaid #taxes #ove...
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Imagine the conversations we would have on social security if articles like this listened to the SSA Actuary and said “An increase in wage inequality in the 1980s, followed by mismanagement of the Great Recession, had meant that the program’s payment costs exceed its incoming tax revenue.”
Important piece by @kedseconomist.com on what the term "working class" is meant to mean and what it should mean. open.substack.com/pub/kedsecon...
Who is America's Working Class
And what economic policy do they need
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I think political analysis and election season has warped our sense of who the working class is and what they need from economic policy. My take: the political discussion distracts from the policy needs, which is robust labor law and a path to unionization. www.kedits.com/p/who-is-ame...
Who is America's Working Class
And what economic policy do they need
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This piece ties together complicated economic issues in a really thoughtful way
Kathryn Anne Edwards@kedseconomist.com · 2mo agoCompanies are benefiting from soaring profits, historically low taxes, and a Congress willing to make middle class salaried workers subsidize low-wage work instead of making the jobs better paid. My latest on the collapsing sense of fairness in our tax system: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Labor market nerds - in case you missed it, the great @kedseconomist.com and I chatted about jobs data for A WHOLE HOUR*** ***we could have kept going macromostly.substack.com/p/jobs-day-d...
Jobs Day Debrief with Guy and Keds
A recording from Guy Berger and Kathryn Anne Edwards's live video
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At 12 EST @econberger.bsky.social and I will be talking about the jobs report—what was troubling, confusing, promising, interesting. Come listen in! open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE SOON: Jobs Day Debrief with Guy and Keds
Starting Aug 7 at 12:00 PM EDT
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There are about 9 million Medicaid recipients who are working full-time, and 7.5 million who receive SNAP benefits. In the US, not paying or treating workers well is industry standard, @kedseconomist.com explains 🎥
Companies are benefiting from soaring profits, historically low taxes, and a Congress willing to make middle class salaried workers subsidize low-wage work instead of making the jobs better paid. My latest on the collapsing sense of fairness in our tax system: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
No One Who Works Full Time Should Be on Medicaid
There are a lot of jobs in the US economy that pay miserably low wages. And there are a lot that offer a reasonable hourly rate but still result in miserably low earnings because of unstable, fluctuat...
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How will we know today what Social Security needs for the next 75 years? That is the challenge of reform, and one I tackle head on in this report. It's predicting the future from examining the past. My latest in partnership with @rooseveltinstitute.org rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
What the 1983 Social Security Reform Missed—and 2032 Must Get Right
Kathryn Anne Edwards explains how wage inequality and economic mismanagement weakened Social Security—and what the next reform must get right before 2032.
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A great piece from @kedseconomist.com that understands the fundamental mandate any Social Security reform must follow: protecting guaranteed benefits in their entirety while addressing the economic forces that have weakened the program’s foundation.
Kathryn Anne Edwards@kedseconomist.com · 2mo agoIn my Bloomberg column this morning I propose bipartisan Social Security reform that avoids any benefit cuts and puts the program on a path to long-term solvency. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
In my Bloomberg column this morning I propose bipartisan Social Security reform that avoids any benefit cuts and puts the program on a path to long-term solvency. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
How to Fix Social Security, in Six Words
The annual report of the Social Security board of trustees, issued last month, has prompted Congress to return to one of its favorite pastimes: creating bipartisan Social Security commissions. More pr...
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Let's talk Social Security! I have a paper about Social Security reform with @rooseveltinstitute.org. It asks what did the last reform in 1983 "miss" about the economy and what does that mean for 2032? I'm joined by a fantastic set of people to discuss the findings: events.zoom.us/ev/Alhyls42b...
What Social Security’s Shortfall Is Really Telling Us About the Economy
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You really don't want to miss this one, folks. We have an all-star line-up including @kedseconomist.com , @lipstickecon.bsky.social ,Bradley Hardy, and @betseystevenson.bsky.social @rooseveltinstitute.org events.zoom.us/ev/Alhyls42b...
What Social Security’s Shortfall Is Really Telling Us About the Economy
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I did some Fantasy Bureau of Labor Statistics in my column. I proposed how we could produce dozens of price indices to track how different households are faring, helping economists have a better pulse on the economy and validating those struggling who feel unseen. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
How’s Inflation? Depends How It’s Measured
The official data will be released tomorrow, but if past trends continue, the US inflation rate will come in higher than most Americans are used to, but still relatively low. In May, the consumer pric...
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Give kids money and their toddlers will eat more fruits and vegetables (this specific study looks at whether it’s because families move to neighborhoods where such foods are more easily accessible and finds no evidence of that—parents maybe just buy/prepare healthier foods where they are) (Ungated)
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