Essays on Social Security Reform
Author : Wade Donald Pfau
Publisher :
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,23 MB
Release : 2003
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Author : Wade Donald Pfau
Publisher :
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,23 MB
Release : 2003
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Author : Carlos Serrano
Publisher :
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 15,77 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Old age pensions
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Author : George Stanley McGovern
Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 16,84 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Privatization
ISBN : 9781555915896
An American legend looks at Social Security and the promise of our oldest citizens.
Author : Elena Ivanova Ranguelova
Publisher :
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 32,23 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Defined contribution pension plans
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Author : Michael D. Tanner
Publisher : Cato Institute
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 49,43 MB
Release : 2004-02-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1933995742
Social Security is the largest government program in the world. But it is also a deeply troubled one, on the verge of financial collapse. Within 15 years Social Security will begin running a deficit. Overall, the program is more than $26 trillion in debt. Without fundamental reform it will not be able to pay the benefits it has promised to our children and grandchildren. That has prompted the most far-reaching discussion of the purpose and structure of Social Security since the program was enacted in 1935. Not so very long ago, Social Security was rightly regarded as the “third rail” of American politics—touch it and your career dies. But no longer. Polls today show that the vast majority of Americans support proposals that would allow younger workers to privately invest at least part of their Social Security taxes through individual accounts. For more than 25 years the Cato Institute has led the debate for Social Security reform, arguing that the program is fundamentally flawed and calling for greater freedom and choice for working Americans. Social Security and Its Discontents represents the best of Cato’s publications on the issue. It includes essays by the nation’s top economists and Social Security experts, discussing Social Security’s finances; the urgent need for reform; how the program treats women, minorities, and low-income workers; and the options for reform. Edited by Michael D. Tanner, this collection is essential reading for anyone who cares about what kind of country we will leave to our children and grandchildren.
Author : Martin Feldstein
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 45,34 MB
Release : 2009-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0226241912
Social Security in the United States and in Europe is at a critical juncture. Through the essays assembled in Social Security Pension Reform in Europe, Martin Feldstein and Horst Siebert, along with a number of distinguished contributors, discuss the challenges facing Social Security reform in the aging societies of Europe. A remarkable range of European nations—Germany, France, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Hungary—have implemented or are about to implement mixed Social Security systems that combine a traditional defined benefit of the pay-as-you-go system with an individual retirement account defined contribution of a capital-funded system. The essays here highlight the problems that the European pension reform process faces and how it differs from that of the United States. This timely volume will significantly enrich the debate on pension reform worldwide.
Author : Sheila Burke
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 24,47 MB
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815719663
Recent policy debates about the future of Social Security and Medicare have been dominated by the issue of personal versus societal responsibility. Significant changes now being considered would increase the level of privatization and tilt these programs away from defined benefit toward defined contribution models.This annual volume of the National Academy of Social Insurance examines the concept of introducing choice into the Social Security and Medicare programs, how it would be defined and structured, and what sort of safeguards would be needed to protect program participants. The ideas, from representatives of the public and private sectors, range from ¡°tinkering¡± to ¡°overhauling¡± the programs to make them more responsive and cost-effective. The contributors provide an overview of the history and fundamental values of social insurance, discuss options for reforming Social Security and Medicare, review the benefits and drawbacks of expanding choice options, explore the types of mechanisms needed to protect consumers if market-based reforms are adopted, and address the political likelihood of Social Security and Medicare reforms. The essays in this volume give parameters to the debate over the future of Social Security and Medicare, and reflect the range and diversity of views which will shape these two hallmark social insurance programs for decades to come.
Author : Peter J. Ferrara
Publisher : Cato Institute
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,75 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0932790453
Based on papers presented at a conference held by the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., in June 1983. Includes bibliographical references.
Author : Edward M. Gramlich
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 21,26 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780472066797
DIVThe chair of the recent Social Security Advisory Council explains and shares his views on Social Security reform /div
Author : Paul Charles Light
Publisher : Random House (NY)
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 23,23 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Political Science
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