03042nam 2200613 a 450 991045907150332120210518020918.01-282-58473-197866125847320-226-30036-610.7208/9780226300368(CKB)2670000000019440(EBL)534580(OCoLC)635292221(SSID)ssj0000428381(PQKBManifestationID)12170103(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000428381(PQKBWorkID)10414634(PQKB)11322799(StDuBDS)EDZ0000115807(MiAaPQ)EBC534580(DE-B1597)522723(OCoLC)639015249(DE-B1597)9780226300368(Au-PeEL)EBL534580(CaPaEBR)ebr10389553(CaONFJC)MIL258473(EXLCZ)99267000000001944020090622d2010 uy 0engurun#---|uu|utxtccrSocial security[electronic resource] a fresh look at policy alternatives /Jagadeesh GokhaleChicago ;London University of Chicago Press20101 online resource (378 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-30033-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Tables --Figures --Part I. Issues in Evaluating Social Security's Finances --Part II. Issues in Evaluating Social Security Reform Proposals --Acknowledgments --Notes --References --IndexMany of us suspect that Social Security faces eventual bankruptcy. But the government projects its future finances using long outdated methods. Employing a more up-to-date approach, Jagadeesh Gokhale here argues that the program faces insolvency far sooner than previously thought. To assess Social Security's fate more accurately under current and alternative policies, Gokhale constructs a detailed simulation of the forces shaping American demographics and the economy to project their future evolution. He then uses this simulation to analyze six prominent Social Security reform packages-two liberal, two centrist, and two conservative-to demonstrate how far they would restore the program's financial health and which population groups would be helped or hurt in the process. Arguments over Social Security have raged for decades, but they have taken place in a relative informational vacuum; Social Security provides the necessary bedrock of analysis that will prove vital for anyone with a stake in this important debate.Social securityUnited StatesElectronic books.Social security368.4/300973Gokhale Jagadeesh292063MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459071503321Social security2262131UNINA