Saving Social security : a balanced approach / / Peter A. Diamond, Peter R. Orszag

• Autore: Diamond Peter A
• Pubblicazione: Washington, District of Columbia : , : Brookings Institution Press, , [2005]; ©2005
• Edizione: Revised edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 368.4/300973
• Soggetto topico: Social security - United States; Retirement income - Government policy - United States; Old age pensions - United States
• Altri autori: OrszagPeter R
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Saving social security
• ISBN: 1-280-81327-X; 0-8157-9783-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817752003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II