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As we approach sequestration today the dominant narrative continues to be that the huge run-up in the deficit since the Great Recession has been our greatest political-perhaps even a moral-failure.

In the heated, gridlocked debate over Social Security reform, one potential solution is quietly gaining traction among policy experts: automatic stabilizers. While the name sounds technical and ...