Since the late 1970s, lawmakers have placed the SNAP nutrition program into the farm package hoping to get both urban and rural support. But that thinking might be outdated.

"I think it's up to our generation to fix the mistakes that we've made," Arun Muralidhar, founder of MCube Investment Technologies and co-author of "Rethinking Pension Reform," told us.

An economics professor from Boston University says that a new report on Social Security and Medicare is hiding the truth.

There are some … idiosyncrasies in the Social Security system.

We have short-term focus but a long-term problem.

Michael Astrue, a former Social Security commissioner, talks about how and where the backlog starts.

Using an index that's representative of retirees would mean a bigger monthly check, but it's a tough sell.

Putnam Investments' CEO has some ideas for making defined contribution plans more relevant.

The breach exposed the information of about 143 million Americans.