Keyword: privatizing

Can Social Security Be Saved? (6/29/1999)

Social Security cannot be saved because ballooning Baby Boomer retirees will inevitably increase the financial burden on future workers

Keywords: baby boom, capital gains, demography, equity market, flow, privatizing, retirees, saving, Social Security, stock, trust fund

The Tragedy of the Popsicle Commons (2/15/2001)

Over-exploitation of commons resources could be avoided if the rights to commonly owned resources are assigned to individual owners.

Keywords: common property, common-pool resources, fishery depletion, Popsicles, private property, privatizing, tragedy of the commons