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Saving Social security a balanced approach

Title
Saving Social security [electronic resource] : a balanced approach / Peter A. Diamond, Peter R. Orszag.
Author
Diamond, Peter A.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005.

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Additional Authors
Orszag, Peter R.
Description
1 online resource (xxvi, 294 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Saving Social security (Online)
Alternative Title
Saving Social security (Online)
Subject
  • Social security > United States
  • Retirement income > Government policy > United States
  • Old age pensions > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-287) and index.
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Contents
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.
LCCN
2005281679
OCLC
ssj0000241446
Author
Diamond, Peter A.
Title
Saving Social security [electronic resource] : a balanced approach / Peter A. Diamond, Peter R. Orszag.
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005.
Edition
Rev. ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-287) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Orszag, Peter R.
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