Issues in privatizing Social Security : report of an expert panel of the National Academy of Social Insurance /

"Two types of changes to Social Security have been proposed. One would keep the current defined-benefit structure but build and maintain a larger trust fund, to be partially invested in stocks and corporate bonds. The other would set up individual funded accounts, also to be partially invested...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: National Academy of Social Insurance (U.S.). Panel on Privatization of Social Security
Other Authors: Diamond, Peter A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass : MIT Press, ©1999.
Subjects:
Social security > United States.
Privatization > United States.
Sécurité sociale > États-Unis.
Privatisation > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Privatization
Social security
Sociale zekerheid.
Privatisering.
Sociale verzekeringen.
United States
Verenigde Staten.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Question 1: advance funding vs. pay-as-you-go
  • Question 2: investment policy
  • Question 3: individual accounts vs. single collective fund
  • Question 4: issues of choice
  • Question 5: private vs. government collection, management, and distrubution
  • Conclusion
  • Gloassary
  • Notes
  • References
  • Appendixes A and B.

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