MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2005281679
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008 050901s2005 dcua b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aHD7125$b.D525 2005
082 00 $a368.4/300973$222
100 1 $aDiamond, Peter A.
245 10 $aSaving Social security :$ba balanced approach /$cPeter A. Diamond, Peter R. Orszag.
250 $aRev. ed.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bBrookings Institution Press,$cc2005.
300 $axxvi, 294 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-287) and index.
505 0 $aA brief overview of Social Security -- Goals for Social Security reform -- Social Security's long-term deficit -- A three-part plan to shore up Social Security -- Strengthening Social Security's effectiveness as social insurance -- Implications for benefits and revenue -- Individual accounts -- Questions and answers about our balanced reform plan -- Conclusions -- Appendixes: A. Social Security and national saving -- B. Trends in retirement age -- C. How the legacy debt arose: A simplified example -- D. Characteristics of tax-favored defined-contribution plans -- E. Should the trust fund invest in the stock market? -- F. Comparisons with models 2 and 3 of the President's Commission -- G. Memorandum from the Office of the Chief Actuary -- H. Long-term analysis of the Diamond-Orszag Social Security plan.
650 0 $aSocial security$zUnited States.
650 0 $aRetirement income$xGovernment policy$zUnited States.
650 0 $aOld age pensions$zUnited States.
700 1 $aOrszag, Peter R.