Making sense of Social Security reform
By: Daniel Shaviro
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9780226751160; 9780226751177
Subjects: Sécurité sociale; Social security; Government policy; Finance; Réforme
Description: "With Making Sense of Social Security Reform, Daniel Shaviro contributes to the public understanding of the issues involved in reforming Social Security. His book describes the current system and the pressures that have been brought to bear upon it, before dissecting and evaluating the various reform proposals. Accessible to anyone who has an interest in the issue."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-172) and index.
Table of contents: title: The basic building blocks : Social Security taxes and benefits; title: Social Security as a system of forced saving and limited portfolio choice plus or minus a transfer; title: Social Security and social insurance; title: The Social Security trust fund : the economics of funding and the politics of accounting; title: Traditionalist Social Security reform proposals; title: Proposals to "privatize" Social Security; title: A modest proposal : progressive privatization.