| Description |
xii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Richard C. Leone -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Changing Meaning of Retirement -- 3. Key Issues in the Social Security Debate -- 4. Will the Baby Boomers Break the Bank? -- 5. Privatization -- 6. The Case for Preserving Social Security: How Should It Be Done? -- 7. Proposals to Reform Social Security: A Report Card -- 8. The Politics of Reform -- App. Thumbnail Descriptions of Other Major Social Security Reform Plans |
| Summary |
"Will the baby boomers' retirement cause Social Security to collapse? Would benefits be larger and safer if Social Security were "privatized" by scrapping the current system in favor of individually owned private accounts? Who would gain and who would lose from the various reform plans now under discussion?"--BOOK JACKET. "In this book, two of the nation's most widely respected economists argue that the Chicken Little view, that future costs doom the current system, is exaggerated. They thoughtfully analyze various proposals for "saving" Social Security and present their own recommendations for reform."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index (p. 183-194) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-181) and index |
| Subject |
Social security -- United States -- Finance.
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| Author |
Reischauer, Robert D. (Robert Danton), 1941-
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| LC no. |
98037325 |
| ISBN |
0870784234 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0870784293 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0870784307 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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