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Energized by the successful passage of tax cuts, some Republicans are eying a new target: entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare. House Speaker Paul Ryan is leading the charge, ar...

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/to-cut-the-debt-the-gop-should-focus-on-health-care-costs/

If you aspire to win a Republican presidential primary, do not mess with old people. Don’t believe me? Ask New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in a few months. Christie, whose chances of winning the...

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-politics-of-christies-bold-social-security-plan-are-atrocious/

Every Monday, the National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonprofit organization made up of some of North America’s most respected economists, releases its latest batch of working papers. The p...

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/financial-aid-race-passing-and-disability-delays/

Every Monday, the National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonprofit organization made up of some of North America’s most respected economists, releases its latest batch of working papers. The p...

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/chinas-growth-retirees-wealth-and-medical-records/

Every Monday, the National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonprofit organization made up of some of North America’s most respected economists, releases its latest batch of working papers. The p...

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/in-the-papers-the-effects-of-increasing-social-security-benefits/

It’s one of the most fundamental political questions of our time: What’s driving the growth in government spending? And it has a relatively straightforward answer: first and foremost, spendin...

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-is-driving-growth-in-government-spending/

Like many of you, I’m watching bits and snatches of these town halls broadcast on C-SPAN and elsewhere. I see a lot of elderly people shouting into microphones about “socialism,” their fear...

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-are-senior-citizens-crying/

Let’s take something of a 30,000-foot view on the condition of General Motors. The chart below details GM’s operating margin — its profits divided into its revenues — over the past 50 yea...

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/gms-problems-are-50-years-in-making/