But they show that it is impossible to fund the transition to a partly privatised system, and preserve benefits at the present level, without a fresh infusion of cash into Social Security.

ECONOMIST: Social Security reform

We may be better angels now than before, and we may be too distracted enough by cheap entertainment to avoid a life of crime, but we are still failing one another on a very basic level in not just our criminal justice system, but our public education system and our basic social contract.

FORBES: Better Angels or Bread and Circuses?