| Description |
xix, 450 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-440) and index. |
| Contents |
List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- In memory of Shannon J. Schieber -- 1. Social security : avoiding the downstream catastrophe -- pt. 1. Social security in America : from conception to maturity -- 2. The context for the passage of the Social Security Act in 1935 -- 3. Developing the Social Security Act of 1935 -- 4. Starting up and starting over -- 5. To fund or not to fund? -- 6. Unresolved issues -- 7. A deal that couldn't be beat -- 8. The inside movers and shakers -- 9. The outside movers, shakers, and takers -- 10. The end of the beginning -- pt. 2. Overreaching and stepping back -- 11. A tale of good intentions gone bad -- 12. The continued deterioration of the system and the big fix : the 1983 Amendments -- 13. Backsliding -- 14. Fundamental questions -- 15. The iron rules of arithmetic assert themselves -- 16. Social security in the bigger picture -- pt. 3. The new realities -- 17. Heathens in the temple -- 18. Social security today and marginal proposals for reform -- 19. A framework for understanding the options for social security reform -- 20. The return to pay-go financing -- 21. Wanting to fund is not enough -- 22. The benefits and risks under alternative forms of retirement provision -- 23. A proposal for reform -- 24. It's your money we're talking about -- Notes -- Index. |
| Subject |
Social security -- United States -- History.
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Social security -- United States -- Finance.
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| Added Author |
Shoven, John B.
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| ISBN |
0300081480 cloth alkaline paper |
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0300081499 paperback alkaline paper |
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