Saving Social Security : a balanced approach /

Saving Social Security : a balanced approach /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Diamond, Peter A.
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2004.
Description:	viii, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Social security -- United States. Retirement income -- Government policy -- United States. Old age pensions -- United States. Old age pensions. Retirement income -- Government policy. Social security. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5041063

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Other authors / contributors:	Orszag, Peter R.
ISBN:	0815718381 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-279) and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. A Brief Overview of Social Security
3. Goals for Social Security Reform
4. Social Security's Long-Term Deficit
5. A Three-Part Plan to Shore Up Social Security
6. Strengthening Social Security's Effectiveness as Social Insurance
7. Implications for Benefits and Revenue
8. Individual Accounts
9. Questions and Answers about Our Balanced Reform Plan
10. 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
Notes
Index