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Prospects for Social Security Reform (Hardcover, New)
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Prospects for Social Security Reform (Hardcover, New)
Series: Pension Research Council Publications
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"This latest installment in the Pension Research Council series
brings together a wealth of information for those concerned with
public policy options. . . .The book is substantive. . . . It
provides data, estimates, models, and a framework to help readers
think about the underlying problems in the system."--"Industrial
and Labor Relations Review" The United States social security
system is the nation's largest social insurance program. As such,
it has a far-reaching impact throughout the economy, influencing
not only old-age economic security but also many behaviors,
including corporate employment policy, retirement patterns, and
personal saving. In the past, the system's universal coverage and
generous benefits ensured popular support to a degree enjoyed by no
other form of "big government" social spending. Yet over two-thirds
of all Americans today believe that the social security system will
face bankruptcy by the time they retire. The question of social
security reform--how to reform the system or whether the system
needs reform at all--is the subject of heated debate at all levels
of government, in the media, and among workers, pensioners, and
employers. "Prospects for Social Security Reform" informs the
debate by exploring why the system is at a crossroads today and
what to do about it. Contributors detail the size and nature of the
problem, explain views of key "stakeholders" regarding reform
options, and report new evidence on how reform might affect the
economy. Research findings and public opinion polls are analyzed,
as are lessons from other countries experimenting with new ways to
deliver old-age benefit promises. No other volume includes as
diverse and expert a set of perspectives on reform and
privatization as those gathered here from economists, actuaries,
employers, investment managers, and representatives of organized
labor. Among its chapters is the path-breaking study "Social
Security Money's Worth," the 1999 winner of the TIAA-CREF's Paul A.
Samuelson Award for Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong
Financial Security. Olivia S. Mitchell is Executive Director of the
Pension Research Council and Professor of Insurance and Risk
Management at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Robert J. Myers is a Special Consultant to the Social Security
Division of William M. Mercer, Inc. and former Chief Actuary of the
Social Security System. Howard Young is a former Special Consultant
to the President of the United Auto Workers Union and former
Adjunct Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan.
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