Saving Social security : a balanced approach / Peter A. Diamond, Peter R. Orszag.
By: Diamond, Peter A.
Contributor(s): Orszag, Peter R.
Material type: BookPublisher: Washington, District of Columbia : Brookings Institution Press, [2005]Copyright date: �2005Edition: Revised edition.Description: 1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780815797838 (e-book).Subject(s): Social security -- United States | Retirement income -- Government policy -- United States | Old age pensions -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 368.4/300973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to viewItem type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E-book | IUKL Library | Subscripti | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kliuc/Doc?id=10842739 | 1 | Available |
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.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
There are no comments for this item.