About the Editors
Melissa M. Favreault is a research associate at the Urban Institute, where she focuses on modeling the distributional consequences of reforms to the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income programs. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Cornell University.
Frank J. Sammartino is principal economist for the Democratic staff of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress. He has written widely about the distributional effects of public policies and programs, including the existing federal tax system and Social Security. He has extensive experience developing and using microsimulation models for policy analysis. Prior to joining the Joint Economic Committee, he served as a principal research associate at the Urban Institute and as deputy assistant director for tax analysis at the Congressional Budget Office.
C. Eugene Steuerle is a senior fellow at the Urban Institute, president of the National Economists Club Educational Foundation, and author of a weekly column, "Economic Perspective," for Tax Notes magazine. He has worked under four different U.S. presidents on a wide variety of Social Security, health, tax, and other major reforms, including service both as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and as the original organizer and Economic Coordinator of the Treasury's 1984–86 tax reform effort. He testifies frequently before Congress and has authored over one hundred books, articles, reports, and testimonies. His previous book, Retooling Social Security for the 21st Century: Right and Wrong Approaches to Reform, was cited by Robert Myers as "undoubtedly the most comprehensive analysis of the very-long-range financing problems confronting the Social Security program."
