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Social security and its discontents : perspectives on choice / edited by Michael D. Tanner.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Social Security Administration.
- United States.
- Social security--United States.
- Social security.
- Social security--United States--Finance.
- Social security--United States--Forecasting.
- Economic forecasting--United States.
- Economic forecasting.
- United States--Economic conditions--2001-2009.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (404 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Cato Institute, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Among the issues discussed are the problems of the current system; proposals for the reform; and the impact of reform on the poor, women, and minorities.
- Contents:
- Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The Crisis; 1. Reengineering Social Security for the 21st Century; 2. The Trust Fund, the Surplus, and the Real Social Security Problem; 3. ""Saving"" Social Security Is Not Enough; 4. Property Rights: The Hidden Issue of Social Security Reform; 5. Private Investment of Social Security: The 10 Trillion Opportunity; 6. The Moral Case for a Market-Based Retirement System; Part II: Women, the Poor, and Minorities; 7. Social Security Choices for the 21st Century Woman; 8. The Impact of Social Security Reform on Low-Income Workers
- 9. Disparate Impact: Social Security and African AmericansPart III: Solving the Problem; 10. No Second Best: The Unappetizing Alternatives to Individual Accounts; 11. Empowering Workers: The Privatization of Social Security in Chile; 12. Perspectives on the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security; 13. The 6.2 Percent Solutions: A Plan for Reforming Social Security; Part IV: The Tough Questions; 14. Speaking the Truth about Social Security Reform; 15. Administration Costs and the Relative Efficiency of Public and Private Social Security Systems
- 16. Personal Accounts in a Down Market: How Recent Stock Market Declines Affect the Social Security Reform DebatePart V: The Public; 17. Public Opinion and Private Accounts: Measuring Risk and Confidence in Rethinking Social Security; Contributors; Index; Cato Institute
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611905620
- 9781281905628
- 1281905623
- 9781933995748
- 1933995742
- 9781597340618
- 1597340618
- OCLC:
- 655089357
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