| Description |
vii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Social security -- United States.
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Social security. |
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United States. |
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Social security -- United States -- Finance.
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Finance. |
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Social security -- United States -- Forecasting.
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Forecasting. |
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Economic forecasting -- United States.
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Economic forecasting. |
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-2009.
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Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
2001-2009 |
| Subject |
United States. Social Security Administration.
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United States. Social Security Administration. |
| Added Author |
Tanner, Michael, 1956-
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Cato Institute.
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| ISBN |
1930865554 cloth alkaline paper |
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