Professional Activities
Memberships ·
Testimony
Memberships
2004-present
Challenge Magazine, Editorial Board, Member
2001-present
National Bureau of Economic Research, Board of Directors, Member
1998-present
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow
1998-present
The Century Foundation, Board of Trustees, Member
1997-present
Pension Rights Center, Board of Directors, Member
1997-present
The American Prospect, Editorial Board, Member (1988-1993)
1986-present
Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Member
1986-present
International Institute of Public Finance, Member
1986-present
National Academy of Social Insurance, Co-founder and President (1986-1990),
Member
1981-present
Boston Economic Club, Secretary Treasurer (1986-1987), Vice President (1987-1988),
President (1988-1989), Member
1979-present
Pension Research Council, Wharton School of Finance and Commerce University
of Pennsylvania, Member
2006
Blue Ribbon Panel on the Massachusetts Retirement Group Classification System,
Chair
2003-2006
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel, Board of Directors, Member
1985-2006
National Academy of Public Administration, Member
2000-2002
Advisory Board of the Journal of Economic Perspectives
1997-1998
National Tax Association, Member, Board of Directors
1992-1993
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Workshop to Consider Issues of Federal Infrastructure
Investments, Economic Growth and Productivity
1992-1993
The World Bank, Advisory Committee to the Study on Old Age Security
Arrangements, Member
1987-1993
American Enterprise Institute, Advisory Council for “Economics and Politics
of Fiscal Policy,” Member
1984-1993
Pension Rights Center, Member of Board of Directors
1992
International Monetary Fund, Technical Assistance Program, Consultant to Armenia
1992
Subcommittee on Retirement Income and Employment of the Select Committee on
Aging, U.S. House of Representatives, Congressional Study Group on Women and
Retirement, Participant
1989-1992
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Economics Visiting Committee, Member
1991
American Economic Association, Nominating Committee, Member
1990
Advisory Council on Social Security, Technical Panel of Experts, Member
1988-1989
Commission to Review Massachusetts Anti Takeover Laws, Member
1987-1989
American Association of Retired Persons, National Steering Committee for “New
Roles in Society,” Member
1985-1988
Ford Foundation, Research Advisory Committee for the Project on Social Welfare
Policy and the American Future, Member
1986-1987
Harvard University, Advisory Committee to the Consortium on Long Term Care,
Member
1984-1987
Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Committee to Plan a Major
Study of National Long Term Care Policies, Member
1984-1987
Medicare Working Group, Division of Health Policy Research and Education, Harvard
University, Member
1984-1986
Carnegie Commission on College Retirement, Member
1984
Supervisory Panel, The Forum Institute of the Villers Foundation, Member
1984
The Government Research Corporation, Private Sector Retirement Security and
U.S. Tax Policy Roundtable Discussions, Participant
1980-1984
Advisory Board for the National Aging Policy Center on Income Maintenance, Brandeis
University, Member
1980-1982
Advisory Group to the National Commission for Employment Policy, Member
1976-1982
Massachusetts Retirement Law Commission, Member
1978-1981
Advisory Committee for Urban Institute HUD Grant on State Local Pensions, Member
1978
National Planning Association, Joint Committee on Public Pensions, Staff Director
1976
Special Funding Advisory Committee for Massachusetts Pensions
1975
Governor’s Task Force on Unemployment Compensation, Massachusetts, Member
Testimony
June 19, 2002
“The Private Pension Landscape” before the National Legislative
Council, AARP. Washington, D.C.
February 7, 2002
“Pension Reform in the Wake of Enron,” before the Senate Committee
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
July 17, 2001
“Statement for the ERISA Advisory Council,” before the U.S. Department
of Labor.
February 22, 1999
“The Potential Impact of Social Security Reform on Women,” before
the Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senate
January 21, 1999
“Preserving and Strengthening Social Security,” before Committee
on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives
September 9, 1998
“Proposals to Preserve and Protect Social Security,” before Committee
on Finance, U.S. Senate
June 3, 1998
“The Future of Social Security for this Generation and the Next: Proposals
Regarding Personal Accounts,” before the subcommittee on Social Security,
Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, 105 Cong., 2 sess.
April 22, 1998
“Impact of Equity Investment on the Social Security Program,” before
the Senate Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senate, 105 Cong., 2 sess.
January 21
“Rates of Return on Social Security Contributions,” Senate Budget
Committee Task Force on Social Security, U. S. Senate, 105 Cong., 2 sess.
September 26, 1991
“Infrastructure Investment and Economic Activity at the State and Local
Level,” before the Budget Committee Task Force on Community Development
and Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, 102 Cong., 1 sess.
February 20, 1991
“Infrastructure Investment and Productivity Growth,” before the
Committee on Public Works and Transportation, U.S. House of Representatives,
102 Cong., 1 sess.
February 5, 1991
“Infrastructure, Productivity, and Economic Growth,” before the
Subcommittee on Water Resources, Transportation, and Infrastructure of the Committee
on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate, 102 Cong., 1 sess.
May 18, 1989
“The Social Security Surplus,” before the Budget Committee Task
Force on Economic Policy, Projections and Revenues, U.S. House of Representatives,
101 Cong., 2 sess.
May 20, 1988
“Social Security Surpluses,” before the Subcommittee on Social Security
of the Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate, 100 Cong., 2 sess.
May 10, 1988
“The Outlook for Social Security Financing,” Public Employee Pension
Benefit Plans, before the Subcommittee on Social Security of the Committee on
Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, 100 Cong., 2 sess.
July 18, 1985
“Retirement Income Security in the United States,” before the Subcommittee
on Social Security and the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways
and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, 99 Cong., 1 sess. July 18, 1985, pp.
159-86.
September 25, 1984
“Social Security and Budget Deficits,” Social Security System, before
the Joint Economic Committee, 98 Cong., 2 sess.
September 18, 1984
“The Economic Effects of the Growth of Employer Provided Fringe Benefits,”
Distribution and Economics of Employer Provided Fringe Benefits, before the
Subcommittee on Social Security and Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
of the Committee on Ways and Means, U. S. House of Representatives, 98 Cong.,
2 sess. September 18, 1984, pp. 417-28.
September 11, 1984
“The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974: Is It Consistent
With Other National Goals?” Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974: The First Decade, before the Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senate,
98 Cong., 2 sess.
February 28, 1984
“The Erosion of the Tax Base by Employee Benefit Plans,” Hearings
on Administration and Other Proposals Concerning Tax Shelters, Accounting Abuses,
and Corporate and Securities Reforms, before Committee on Ways and Means, U.S.
House of Representatives, 98 Cong., 2 sess.
November 15, 1983
“The Need for Federal Legislation in The Public Pension Arena,”
Public Employee Pension Benefit Plans, before the Subcommittee on Oversight
of the Committee on Ways and Means and Subcommittee on Labor Management Relations
of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, 98 Cong.,
1 sess.
June 7, 1982
“The Financial Vulnerability of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,”
Pension Funding Problems, Select Committee on Aging, U.S. House of Representatives,
97 Cong., 2 sess. June 7, 1982, pp. 45-60.
May 10, 1982
“The Private Pension System and Its Role in Providing Economic Security,”
Statement before the National Commission on Social Security Reform
September 16, 1981
“Possible Responses to Social Security’s Long Run Deficits,”
Social Security Reform and Retirement Income Policy, the Special Committee on
Aging, U.S. Senate, 97 Cong., 1 sess.
September 28, 1979
“The Three Legged Stool of Retirement Income,” President’s
Commission on Pension Policy
March 13, 1978
“The Role of Social Security and Private Pensions in the Provision of
Retirement Income.” National Pension Policies: Private Pension Plans,
of the Select Committee on Aging, U.S. House of Representatives, 95 Cong., 2
sess. March 13, 1978, pp. 351-62.
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