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Bill Witte
Professor, Economics
“I think there’s going to be increasing pressure as we move into the end of this decade and into the first part of the next decade to make changes to sort of stabilize the [Social Security] system on a longer-term basis.”
Social Security
Bill Witte, Professor, Economics
Can Social Security survive the baby boom? Economics Professor Bill Witte, whose grandfather helped create the Social Security program, discusses the origins of the program, and the problems that threaten it. He also presents the policy changes that may help relieve some of the burden.
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