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Social security and its discontents : perspectives on choice

Author: Michael Tanner; Cato Institute.
Publisher: Washington, DC : Cato Institute, 2004.
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Social security and its discontents.
Washington, DC : Cato Institute, 2004
(OCoLC)655089357
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Michael Tanner; Cato Institute.
ISBN: 1930865554 9781930865556
OCLC Number: 54503575
Description: vii, 386 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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.
Responsibility: edited by Michael D. Tanner.

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