Social Security Reform : Economics Issues.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Individual retirement accounts.

Labor.

Trusts and trustees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (50 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Discusses economic rationale for social security program. Reviews possible problems with the current system, including economic effects on private savings and the labor supply. Examines potential solutions, including allowing the system to default, raising taxes, cutting benefits, and investing funds in private assets; and provides a detailed analysis of investing in individual retirement accounts. Includes charts and tables.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Social Security Reform

Access Restriction:

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