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Since the publication of the first edition of this book in 2004, the Social Security debate has moved to the center of the domestic policy agenda. In this updated edition of Saving Social Security, the authors analyze the Bush Administration's proposal for individual accounts and discuss the so...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Diamond, Peter A.
Other Authors: Orszag, Peter R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
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.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Old age pensions
Retirement income > Government policy
Social security
Soziale Sicherheit
Altersversorgung
Sociale zekerheid.
Pensioen.
Herzieningen.
United States
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A brief overview of Social Security
  • Goals for Social Security reform
  • Social Security's long-term deficit
  • A balanced three-part plan to shore up Social Security
  • Strengthening Social Security's effectiveness as social insurance
  • Implications of our reform plan 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.

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