<p>In episode 9 of the Big Green Economics Podcast, we take a deep dive with Dr. Daniel Fetter into the effects of Social Security in the United States. He discusses the impacts of Social Security benefits on the children of its recipients and how conventional wisdom may be wrong regarding government assistance and its major ramifications. </p>

In episode 9 of the Big Green Economics Podcast, we take a deep dive with Dr. Daniel Fetter into the effects of Social Security in the United States. He discusses the impacts of Social Security benefits on the children of its recipients and how conventional wisdom may be wrong regarding government assistance and its major ramifications.

Does your parents' Social Security make you wealthier?

Dartmouth College is home to a unique department of economics, with faculty who combine cutting-edge research with exceptional teaching and mentoring of its undergraduate students. The Big Green Economics podcast with Gabe Gottesman '26 tells the story of the Department of Economics at Dartmouth, highlighting a professor's research in one bite-sized (10-20 minute) episode. With a fascinating story behind every research paper published, the series will be a showcase of the department and allow people who are professors in Economics, or have no experience with Economics at all, to learn more about Dartmouth's research and its professors.

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Does your parents' Social Security make you wealthier?

Does your parents' Social Security make you wealthier?