The big picture Despite Alan Greenspan and his committee’s efforts in the early 1980s to ensure the solvency of Social Security until the 2050s, current projections indicate its trust fund will be depleted by 2034. What they’re saying: At a Harkin Institute retirement conference, Stephen Goss, Social Security Administration’s chief actuary of over 20 years, provided an intriguing insight. By the numbers: Birthrates have declined since 1965 during the acceleration of the Vietnam War and OPEC testing its ability to cause oil shocks, but that’s old news. The decline in mortality is in line with expectations, being “remarkably accurate,” Goss