Monday Links – 23 March 2026

Food and cancer – a survey.

Steuerle on entitlements:

Lifetime Social Security and Medicare benefits will exceed $1.3 million (in 2026 dollars) for average-income couples who retired in 2020 at age 65. When adjusted for inflation, this amount is twice what a similar couple received in the late 1970s. That figure is expected to double again to about $2.6 million for a millennial couple now aged 30 to 35. Roughly extrapolating, the total would surpass $4 million by the time my youngest grandchildren turn 65. If they earn above-average incomes, they could receive $5 to $6 million. 

Apparent scam: Medicare is spending more on skin substitutes than it is paying for ambulances or anesthesia. 

Does a brain drain explain Canada’s anemic economic growth?