Social security and its discontents : perspectives on choice / edited by Michael D. Tanner.

Other author Tanner, Michael, 1956-
Other author Cato Institute.
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, DC : Cato Institute, 2004.
Descriptionvii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
United States. Social Security Administration.
Social security--United States.
Social security--United States. --Finance.
Social security--United States. --Forecasting.
Economic forecasting--United States.
United States--Economic conditions. --2001-2009.

Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Michael Tanner -- pt. 1. The crisis -- 1. Reengineering Social Security for the 21st century / Thomas F. Siems -- 2. The trust fund, the surplus, and the real Social Security problem / June O'Neill -- 3. "Saving" Social Security is not enough / Michael Tanner -- 4. Property rights : the hidden issue of Social Security reform / Charles E. Rounds Jr. -- 5. Private investment of Social Security : the $10 trillion opportunity / Martin Feldstein -- 6. The moral case for a market-based retirement system / Daniel Shapiro -- pt. 2. Women, the poor, and minorities -- 7. Social Security choices for the 21st-century woman / Leanne Abdnor -- 8. The impact of Social Security reform on low-income workers / Jagadeesh Gokhale -- 9. Disparate impact : Social Security and African Americans / Michael Tanner -- pt. 3. Solving the problem -- 10. No second best : the unappetizing alternatives to individual accounts / Michael Tanner -- 11. Empowering workers : the privatization of Social Security in Chile / José Piñera -- 12. Perspectives on the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security / Andrew G. Biggs -- 13. The 6.2 percent solution : a plan for reforming Social Security / Michael Tanner -- pt. 4 The tough question -- 14. Speaking the truth about Social Security reform / Milton Friedman -- 15. Administration costs and the relative efficiency of public and private Social Security systems / Robert Genetski -- 16. Personal accounts in a down market : how recent stock market declines affect the Social Security reform debate / Andrew G. Biggs -- pt. 5. The Public -- 17. Public opinion and private accounts : measuring risk and confidence in rethinking Social Security / John Zogby -- Contributors -- Index.
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Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004045199
ISBN1930865554 (cloth : alk. paper)