Peter Orszag Quotes

"To improve the style of the 401(k), we should recognize the power of inertia in human behavior and enlist it to promote rather than hinder savings."
-Peter Orszag

"We're not fully using those accounts and they're not working as well as they could. Let's take those accounts we already have and make them work better, rather than creating a new system of accounts."
-Peter Orszag

"Are going to be better targeted to the severe cases of hardship."
-Peter Orszag

"The accounts are not sugar; they're like trying to get your kid to eat the spinach by offering a turnip for dessert."
-Peter Orszag

"There is plenty of scope to offset the costs of Katrina."
-Peter Orszag