Social Security and Its Discontents: Perspectives on Choice

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.

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Social Security and Its Discontents: Perspectives on Choice

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.

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Social Security and Its Discontents: Perspectives on Choice

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Social Security and Its Discontents: Perspectives on Choice

Social Security and Its Discontents: Perspectives on Choice

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Overview

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781930865556
Publisher: Cato Institute
Publication date: 05/15/2003
Pages: 220
Product dimensions: 6.32(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.35(d)
Lexile: 1560L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsvii
Introduction1
Part IThe Crisis
1.Reengineering Social Security for the 21st Century13
2.The Trust Fund, the Surplus, and the Real Social Security Problem37
3."Saving" Social Security Is Not Enough53
4.Property Rights: The Hidden Issue of Social Security Reform69
5.Private Investment of Social Security: The $10 Trillion Opportunity81
6.The Moral Case for a Market-Based Retirement System89
Part IIWomen, the Poor, and Minorities
7.Social Security Choices for the 21st-Century Woman111
8.The Impact of Social Security Reform on Low-Income Workers133
9.Disparate Impact: Social Security and African Americans147
Part IIISolving the Problem
10.No Second Best: The Unappetizing Alternatives to Individual Accounts165
11.Empowering Workers: The Privatization of Social Security in Chile189
12.Perspectives on the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security201
13.The 6.2 Percent Solution: A Plan for Reforming Social Security281
Part IVThe Tough Questions
14.Speaking the Truth about Social Security Reform309
15.Administration Costs and the Relative Efficiency of Public and Private Social Security Systems313
16.Personal Accounts in a Down Market: How Recent Stock Market Declines Affect the Social Security Reform Debate333
Part VThe Public
17.Public Opinion and Private Accounts: Measuring Risk and Confidence in Rethinking Social Security357
Contributors371
Index373
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