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Author Diamond, Peter A.

Title Saving Social security : a balanced approach / Peter A. Diamond, Peter R. Orszag.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2004]
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 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  368.43 DIAMOND    Check Shelf
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.
Retirement income -- Government policy -- United States.
Old age pensions -- United States.
Added Author Orszag, Peter R.
ISBN 0815718381 cloth alkaline paper
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