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CDA Research Papers

October 01, 2009
The Economics of Extending Unemployment Benefits
By Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D.


September 21, 2009
Sound Health Care Reform for a Sound Economy: A Response to the CEA Report
By Robert A. Book, Ph.D.
Backgrounder #2318


July 24, 2009
Illusions of Cost Control in Public Health Care Plans
By Robert A. Book
Backgrounder #2301


July 21, 2009
Employer Health Care Mandates: Taxing Low-Income Workers to Pay for Health Care
By James Sherk and Robert A. Book, Ph.D.
WebMemo #2552


June 30, 2009
Entitlement Reform Is Necessary for Long-Term Fiscal Stability
By Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Gordon Gray
Backgrounder #2291


June 25, 2009
Medicare Administrative Costs Are Higher, Not Lower, Than for Private Insurance
By Robert A. Book, Ph.D.
WebMemo #2505


May 05, 2009
Photo ID Laws Do Not Reduce Voter Turnout
By David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D.


April 03, 2009
Single Payer: Why Government-Run Health Care Will Harm Both Patients and Doctors
By Robert A. Book, Ph.D.
WebMemo #2381


April 01, 2009
Economic Analysis of the House Republican Budget Alternative (H.R. 85): "Report on the Path to American Prosperity"
By Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D.


January 26, 2009
The New SCHIP Bill: The Senate Must Protect Private Coverage
By Paul L. Winfree and Greg D’Angelo
WebMemo #2246


January 16, 2009
The Fallacy of Health Care Reform as Economic Stimulus
By Robert A. Book, Ph.D.
WebMemo #2231


October 23, 2008
The 2008 Index of Government Dependency
By William W. Beach
Center for Data Analysis Report #08-08


June 11, 2008
Welfare Reform a Factor in Lower Voter Registration at Public Assistance Offices
By David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D., and Patrick Tyrrell
Center for Data Analysis Report #08-03


September 11, 2007
New Analysis Shows Voter Identification Laws Do Not Reduce Turnout
By David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D., and Keri Weber Sikich
Center for Data Analysis Report #07-04


March 27, 2006
Public Policy in the Age of Entitlements
By William W. Beach
Heritage Lecture #931


April 22, 2005
Keep the Social Security Wage Cap: Nearly a Million Jobs Hang in the Balance
By Rea S. Hederman, Jr., Tracy L. Foertsch, Ph.D., and Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D.
Center for Data Analysis Report #05-04


April 19, 2005
Raising the Social Security Wage Cap Would Hurt Small Businesses
By Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D., J. Scott Moody, and Ralph A. Rector, Ph.D.
Backgrounder #1845


January 12, 2005
The Unacceptable Costs of Raising Payroll Taxes to "Save" Social Security
By Dana R. Dillon
WebMemo #639


September 10, 2004
Peace of Mind in Retirement: Making Future Generations Better Off by Fixing Social Security
By William W. Beach, Alfredo B. Goyburu, Ralph A. Rector, Ph.D., David C. John, Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D., and Thomas Bingel
Center for Data Analysis Report #04-06


February 04, 2000
Why Critics of Social Security Personal Retirement Accounts Are Wrong
By Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
Backgrounder #1344


December 17, 1998
Calculating Social Security's Rate of Return
By William W. Beach and Gareth G. Davis
Executive Memorandum #564


December 11, 1998
Social Security's Rate of Return: A Reply to Our Critics
By William W. Beach and Gareth G. Davis
Center for Data Analysis Report #98-08


October 16, 1998
How Public Policy Reforms Would Unleash Hispanic America's Economic Potential
By William W. Beach, Gareth G. Davis, Rea S. Hederman, Kirk Johnson, and Nina Shokraii Rees
Backgrounder #1227


September 07, 1998
Social Security's Rates of Return for Union Households
By William W. Beach and Gareth G. Davis
Center for Data Analysis Report #98-06


July 30, 1998
A State-by-State Analysis of the Returns From Social Security
By William W. Beach, Gareth G. Davis, and Sarah E. Youssef
Center for Data Analysis Report #98-05


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The U.S. Economic Outlook
A PowerPoint presentation by William Beach on the implications of mounting federal debt for the debt paying generation. Total debt is expected to grow from $5.8 trillion in 2008 to $11 trillion by 2019. That is 41% of GDP in 2008 becoming 82% of GDP by 2019. A Tsunami of debt from Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid will push total debt to 320% of GDP in 2050 and 750% in 2083. In 2019, Interest payments alone on the debt will be $100 billion more than president Obama projects to spend on the whole Department of Defense. (PowerPoint)

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