Saving Social security : a balanced approach /

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While everyone agrees that Social Security is a vital and necessary government program, there have been widely divergent plans for reforming it. Peter A. Diamond and Peter R. Orszag, two of the nation's foremost economists, propose a reform plan that would rescue the program both from its proje...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Diamond, Peter A.
Otros Autores: Orszag, Peter R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, District of Columbia : Brookings Institution Press, [2005]
Edición:Revised edition.
Temas:
Social security > United States.
Retirement income > Government policy > United States.
Old age pensions > United States.
Sécurité sociale > États-Unis.
Revenu de retraite > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Pensions de vieillesse > États-Unis.
Old age pensions
Retirement income > Government policy
Social security
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A brief overview of Social Security
  • Goals for Social Security reform
  • Social Security's long-term deficit
  • A three-part plan to shore up Social Security
  • Strengthening Social Security's effectiveness as social insurance
  • Implications for benefits and revenue
  • Individual accounts
  • Questions and answers about our balanced reform plan
  • Conclusions
  • Appendixes: A. Social Security and national saving
  • B. Trends in retirement age
  • C. How the legacy debt arose: A simplified example
  • D. Characteristics of tax-favored defined-contribution plans
  • E. Should the trust fund invest in the stock market?
  • F. Comparisons with models 2 and 3 of the President's Commission
  • G. Memorandum from the Office of the Chief Actuary
  • H. Long-term analysis of the Diamond-Orszag Social Security plan.

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