Greg Anrig - Social Security

Name:	Greg Anrig
Title:	Vice President of Programs at the Century Foundation
Position:	Con to the question "Should Social Security be privatized?"
Reasoning:	"Addressing Social Security's potential long-term financing challenges by taking the dramatic step of diverting its payroll taxes to create new personal accounts would represent a radical departure; it also would be a bad idea... Current Social Security insurance protections have served the country well for decades. Diluting those protections in exchange for new accounts poses all kinds of new risks while making the relatively manageable long-term challenges confronting Social Security far more immediate and severe." Cowritten with Bernard Wasow. "Twelve Reasons Why Privatizing Social Security Is a Bad Idea," www.socsec.org, Dec. 14, 2004
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:	Organizations/VIPS/Others Individuals and organizations that do not fit into the other star categories.
Involvement and Affiliations:	Vice President of Programs, Century Foundation Former Staff Writer and Washington Correspondent, Money
Education:	Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, degree and date unknown Northwestern University, degree and date unknown
Contact Info:	Phone: 212-452-7724 Fax: 212-535-7534 Email: anrig@tcf.org Website: The Century Foundation profile
Select Publications:	"What about a Bailout for Social Security?," www.socsec.org, May 13, 2009 The Conservatives Have No Clothes: Why Right-Wing Ideas Keep Failing, 2007 Co-edited with Tova Andrea Wang, Immigration's New Frontiers: Experiences from the Emerging Gateway States, 2006 "What the President Didn't Say about Social Security," www.socsec.org, Feb. 7, 2005 Cowritten with Bernard Wasow, "Twelve Reasons Why Privatizing Social Security Is a Bad Idea," www.socsec.org, Dec. 14, 2004 Cowritten with Bernard Wasow, "What Would REALLY Happen Under Social Security Privatization? Part I: Solving a Problem by Creating a Bigger One," www.socsec.org, Dec. 10, 2001 Cowritten with Bernard Wasow, "What Would REALLY Happen Under Social Security Privatization? Part II: Millionaires One and All?," www.socsec.org, Dec. 10, 2001 Cowritten with Bernard Wasow, "What Would REALLY Happen Under Social Security Privatization? Part III: IRAs and 401(k)s You Can Not Control or Leave to Heirs," www.socsec.org, Dec. 10, 2001 Cowritten with Bernard Wasow, "What Would REALLY Happen Under Social Security Privatization? Part IV: Insecurity for the Disabled and Dependents of Workers," www.socsec.org, Dec. 10, 2001 "Social Security: The Next Generation," American Prospect, Nov. 6, 2000
Other:	None found
Quoted in:	1. Should Social Security be privatized?