However, Social Security's foundation has been showing signs of cracking for decades. Image source: Getty Images. America's top retirement program has more than $22 trillion in long-term unfunded ...

A growing percentage of earned income is being exempted from Social Security's all-important payroll tax. President Joe Biden has proposed a major change to tackle income inequality head-on ...

Instead, they should be taking steps to curb rising inequality and reverse the damage it has done to Social Security’s trust funds. But hot on the heels of the tax cut’s windfall, leaders in ...

Based on this historical trend, the COVID-19 pandemic could pose a threat to the social fabric in many countries, but these trends do not pre-determine an outcome. Pandemics can set off a vicious ...