03062nam 2200661 450 991081775200332120200520144314.01-280-81327-X0-8157-9783-4(CKB)1000000000347458(EBL)267626(OCoLC)475992851(SSID)ssj0000241446(PQKBManifestationID)12076638(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000241446(PQKBWorkID)10297950(PQKB)11722668(OCoLC)62745297(MdBmJHUP)muse38577(Au-PeEL)EBL267626(CaPaEBR)ebr10842739(CaONFJC)MIL81327(OCoLC)936835635(MiAaPQ)EBC267626(EXLCZ)99100000000034745820050901h20052005 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSaving Social security a balanced approach /Peter A. Diamond, Peter R. OrszagRevised edition.Washington, District of Columbia :Brookings Institution Press,[2005]©20051 online resource (321 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-18-571838-8 0-8157-1837-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Social securityUnited StatesRetirement incomeGovernment policyUnited StatesOld age pensionsUnited StatesSocial securityRetirement incomeGovernment policyOld age pensions368.4/300973Diamond Peter A140552Orszag Peter R291285MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817752003321Saving social security741733UNINA