Title |
Saving Social security : a balanced approach / Peter A. Diamond, Peter R. Orszag. |
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Publication Info. |
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2004] |
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©2004 |
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Description |
viii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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. |
Subject |
Social security -- United States.
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Retirement income -- Government policy -- United States.
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Old age pensions -- United States.
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Added Author |
Orszag, Peter R.
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ISBN |
0815718381 cloth alkaline paper |
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