Saving Social security : a balanced approach /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, District of Columbia :
Brookings Institution Press,
[2005]
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| Edition: | Revised edition. |
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| Online Access: | Click to View |
Table of Contents:
- A brief overview of Social Security
- Goals for Social Security reform
- Social Security's long-term deficit
- A three-part plan to shore up Social Security
- Strengthening Social Security's effectiveness as social insurance
- Implications 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
- H. Long-term analysis of the Diamond-Orszag Social Security plan.