Social security and its discontents : perspectives on choice

Social security and its discontents : perspectives on choice /

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

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Corporate Author: Cato Institute
Other Authors: Tanner, Michael, 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Cato Institute, 2004
Subjects:
United States. > Social Security Administration.
Social security > United States.
Social security > United States > Finance.
Social security > United States > Forecasting.
Economic forecasting > United States.
United States > Economic conditions > 2001-2009.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction / Michael Tanner
  • pt. 1. The crisis
  • 1. Reengineering Social Security for the 21st century / Thomas F. Siems
  • 2. The trust fund, the surplus, and the real Social Security problem / June O'Neill
  • 3. "Saving" Social Security is not enough / Michael Tanner
  • 4. Property rights : the hidden issue of Social Security reform / Charles E. Rounds Jr.
  • 5. Private investment of Social Security : the $10 trillion opportunity / Martin Feldstein
  • 6. The moral case for a market-based retirement system / Daniel Shapiro
  • pt. 2. Women, the poor, and minorities
  • 7. Social Security choices for the 21st-century woman / Leanne Abdnor
  • 8. The impact of Social Security reform on low-income workers / Jagadeesh Gokhale
  • 9. Disparate impact : Social Security and African Americans / Michael Tanner
  • pt. 3. Solving the problem
  • 10. No second best : the unappetizing alternatives to individual accounts / Michael Tanner
  • 11. Empowering workers : the privatization of Social Security in Chile / José Piñera
  • 12. Perspectives on the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security / Andrew G. Biggs
  • 13. The 6.2 percent solution : a plan for reforming Social Security / Michael Tanner
  • pt. 4 The tough question
  • 14. Speaking the truth about Social Security reform / Milton Friedman
  • 15. Administration costs and the relative efficiency of public and private Social Security systems / Robert Genetski
  • 16. Personal accounts in a down market : how recent stock market declines affect the Social Security reform debate / Andrew G. Biggs
  • pt. 5. The public
  • 17. Public opinion and private accounts : measuring risk and confidence in rethinking Social Security / John Zogby
  • Contributors
  • Index.

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