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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462113003321

Autore

Blahous Charles P. <1963->

Titolo

Social security [[electronic resource] ] : the unfinished work / / Charles Blahous

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8179-1196-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (455 p.)

Collana

Hoover Institution Press publication  Social security

Disciplina

368.4/300973

Soggetti

Social security - United States

Social security - United States - Finance

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Hoover Institution Press Publication No. 595"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Copyright; Book Title; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Origins of a Problem; 1.  A Memorandum to the President and Congress; 2.  1983: A Temporary Rescue; 3.  The Warning Bell Tolls . . .  and Tolls; Part Two: The Social Security Policy Challenge; 4.  Decision Spectrum No. 1: Slowing Benefit Growth VersusRaising Taxes; 5.  Decision Spectrum No. 2: Pay-as-you-go VersusAdvance Funding; 6.  Decision Spectrum No. 3: How Much Should Social SecurityRedistribute Income?; 7.  Decision Spectrum No. 4: Work Incentives

8.  Decision Spectrum No. 5: Is There a Role for PersonalAccounts?9.  Putting It All Together: Balancing Value Judgments in aComprehensive Plan; Part Three: The Debate Over Solutions; 10.  President Bush's Reform Initiative: A Chronology; 11.  The Certainty and Severity of the Social Security Shortfall; 12.  President Bush's Reform Initiative: The Policy Controversies; 13.  Seizing the Common Ground; 14.  We Must Do Better; Notes; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Arguing that an equitable Social Security solution will be unattainable unless we bring stakeholders together around a common understanding of the facts and of the need to take action to address them, former White House adviser Charles Blahous presents some often misunderstood, basic factual background about Social Security. He discusses how it affects program participants and explains the true



demographic, economic, and political factors that threaten its future efficacy.