Michael D. Tanner Biography Michael Tanner is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, where he heads research into a variety of domestic policies with a particular emphasis on poverty and social welfare policy, health care reform, and Social Security. Podcasts See More Poverty In The Golden State Michael D. Tanner and Trevor Burrus Who Wants to Retire a Millionaire? Paul Matzko, Peter Van Doren, Michael D. Tanner, & Simon Cowan Going for Broke: Deficits, Debt, and the Entitlement Crisis Michael D. Tanner, Trevor Burrus, and Aaron Ross Powell