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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777441303321

Autore

Diamond Peter A

Titolo

Saving Social Security [[electronic resource] ] : a balanced approach / / Peter A. Diamond, Peter R. Orszag

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2004

ISBN

0-8157-9623-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

OrszagPeter R

Disciplina

368.4/3/00973

Soggetti

Social security - United States

Retirement income - Government policy - United States

Old age pensions - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A brief overview of Social Security -- Goals for Social Security reform -- Social Security's long-term deficit -- A balanced three-part plan to shore up Social Security -- Strengthening Social Security's effectiveness as social insurance -- Implications of our reform plan 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.