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31 Mar 2011, 3:11 am by Bob Kraft
Older people might feel they are falling behind because they haven’t had a raise since 2009, but many are benefiting, said Andrew Biggs, a former deputy commissioner of the Social Security Administration who is now a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. [read post]
22 Feb 2011, 10:51 am by Steve Bainbridge
I haven’t seen a specific refutation of Keefe’s report on Wisconsin, but if you want to read an analysis that suggests public workers, in general, are over-compensated, Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute has done work along those lines--and has a new article in the Weekly Standard summarizing his views. [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 3:02 pm by Steve Bainbridge
As a non-unionized public sector employee who studies organizations for a living, I am in favor of unions in theory. [read post]
28 Dec 2010, 9:00 pm
American Enterprise Institute (AEI) scholars Andrew Biggs, Kevin Hassett, and Matt Jensen have a piece in today's Wall Street Journal (subscription req'd) summarizing new research into successful and unsuccessful efforts to balance countries' budgets: To be blunt, countries in fiscal trouble generally get there by making years of concessions to their left wing, and their fiscal consolidations tend to make too many as well. [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 10:05 pm by Jeffrey Richardson
John Biggs of MobileCrunch reviews two iPhone scanning apps, SayWhat and Scanner Pro. [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 12:05 pm by Insler & Hermann
On November 14th Andrew Biggs wrote an op-ed piece in the NY Times pointing out that Disability is the fastest growing piece of the Social Security pie and implying both explicitly and implicitly that many recipients are unworthy. [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 12:05 pm
On November 14th Andrew Biggs wrote an op-ed piece in the NY Times pointing out that Disability is the fastest growing piece of the Social Security pie and implying both explicitly and implicitly that many recipients are unworthy. [read post]
11 Oct 2010, 7:58 am by On the Net
  The allegations are part of Officer Andrew “Chad” Biggs’ claim for $3.05 million in damages from the town. [read post]
23 Aug 2009, 6:42 pm by Sheri Abrams
Biggs, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington think tank. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 7:12 am
(click on chart for larger view)Greg Mankiw (emphasis mine):This chart from Andrew Biggs "shows spending on veterinary care, which I pulled from the Consumer Expenditure Survey, and national health expenditures (for people) from the National Income and Product Accounts.... the rate of growth of spending from 1984 to 2006 wasn't all that differentâ€â [read post]
8 Oct 2008, 5:32 am
Wall Street Journal op-ed: The Rich Pay Their Fair Share; They Would Still Shoulder the Burden Under the McCain Plan, by Andrew G. [read post]
4 Apr 2007, 6:43 pm
Biggs was a supporter of the privatization of social security. [read post]