Pension Puzzles
Subtitle: Social Security and the Great Debate (American Sociological Association's Rose Series in Sociology)
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation Publications; Russell Sage Foundation
Published: July 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780871543332
Subjects: Public Policy - Social Security; Personal Finance - Money Management; Personal Finance - Retirement Planning; Business & Economics; Politics / Current Events; Personal Finance
Description: "Although efforts to reform Social Security seem to have reached an impasse, the long-term problem - the projected Social Security deficit - remains. In Pension Puzzles, sociologists Melissa Hardy and Lawrence Hazelrigg explain for a general audience the fiscal challenges facing Social Security and explore the larger political context of the Social Security debate. Drawing together economic analyses, public opinion data, and historical narratives, Pension Puzzles is a guide to the major proposals for Social Security reform. It is also an exploration of what debate reveals about American political culture in the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET.