Social Security - The Unfinished Work (Hardcover, First Edition,)

Drawing on more than fifteen years of work on Social Security policy, first in the U.S. Senate and later in the White House, Chuck Blahous argues that our national Social Security debate is more polarized than it needs to be, even given the depth of legitimate differences over the program's appropriate future direction. Unless we identify and understand our respective initial assumptions, he explains, we will not be able to fathom the conflicting policy initiatives that they drive. In Social Security: The Unfinished Work he presents some often misunderstood, basic factual background about Social Security. He discusses how it affects program participants and explains the true demographic, economic, and political factors that threaten its future efficacy. Beginning with a review of the events of 1983, focusing on the substance, intent, and scorekeeping of that year's Social Security reforms, Blahous explains what happened then, why, and how it led to sharply divergent views of program finances during the Bush administration's reform initiative and on through today. He dissects competing positions in the current debate and concludes that, unless and until there is broader understanding of how these analytic differences drive opposing policy conclusions, we will continue to talk past and over each other, with little room for negotiation and compromise.

General

Imprint:	Hoover Institution Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2010
First published:	November 2010
Authors:	Charles Blahous
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	436
Edition:	First Edition,
ISBN-13:	978-0-8179-1194-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Welfare & benefit systems Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
LSN:	0-8179-1194-4
Barcode:	9780817911942

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