Saving Social security :
Saving Social security : a balanced approach /
Peter A. Diamond, Peter R. Orszag.
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2004.
- viii, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0815718381 (cloth : alk. paper)
Social security--United States.
Retirement income--Government policy--United States.
Old age pensions--United States.
Insurance
368.4300973 / DIA
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0815718381 (cloth : alk. paper)
Social security--United States.
Retirement income--Government policy--United States.
Old age pensions--United States.
Insurance
368.4300973 / DIA
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