[[{“type”:“media”,“view_mode”:“media_large”,“fid”:null,“attributes”:{“class”:“media-image alignright size-full wp-image-1606”,“typeof”:“foaf:Image”,“style”:“”,“width”:“100”,“height”:“100”,“title”:“New York Times logo”,“alt”:“The New York TImes”}}]]A new study, co-authored by Dartmouth’s Loren M. Berry Professor of Economics Alan L. Gustman, Texas Tech economics professor Thomas Steinmeier, and Dartmouth economics department Research Associate Nahid Tabatabai, concludes that a significant part of Social Security tax increases have not helped cure projected deficits because they are used to pay additional benefits — and that those added benefits go primarily to higher-income Americans.

Read the full story, published by The New York Times on 11/4/10.