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Autore |
Diamond Peter A |
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Titolo |
Saving Social security : a balanced approach / / Peter A. Diamond, Peter R. Orszag |
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Washington, District of Columbia : , : Brookings Institution Press, , [2005] |
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©2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-81327-X |
0-8157-9783-4 |
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Edizione |
[Revised edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social security - United States |
Retirement income - Government policy - United States |
Old age pensions - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this updated edition of ""Saving Social Security"", the authors analyze the Bush Administration's proposal for individual accounts and discuss the so-called ""price indexing"" proposal to restore long-term solvency through changing how initial benefits would be calculated. |
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