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Jacob S. Hacker

Stanley B. Resor Professor Professor of Political Science, Yale University

Formerly a Junior Fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows and Research Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Jacob S. Hacker is an expert on the politics of U.S. health and social policy. He is currently heading a Social Science Research Council project on the "privatization of risk" and is Vice President of the National Academy of Social Insurance.

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Economic Security in a Changing World: Event Photos

September 15, 2006 • Photo Galleries

The Hamilton Project co-sponsored an event with The New Republic featuring four panel discussions focused on income instability among American families, economic security, and growth, and new proposals for progress.

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Economic Security in a Changing World

Events • September 15, 2006 • Washington, DC

The Project co-sponsored an event with The New Republic featuring four panel discussions focused on income instability among American families, economic security and growth, and new proposals for progress.

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Universal Insurance: Enhancing Economic Security to Promote Opportunity

Papers • September 2006 • Jacob S. Hacker

In the past three decades, American families have faced a dramatic increase in economic risk. This paper responds to this rise by proposing a broad-based, stop-loss insurance program designed to help families weather economic shocks.