Social Security and Its Discontents: Perspectives on Choice

by Micheal D. Tannner (Editor)

Overview

Among the issues discussed are the problems of the current system; proposals for the reform; and the impact of reform on the poor, women, and minorities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781930865556
Publisher:	Cato Institute
Publication date:	04/23/2004
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	6.36(w) x 9.46(h) x 1.39(d)
Lexile:	1560L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Introduction	1
Part I	The Crisis
1.	Reengineering Social Security for the 21st Century	13
2.	The Trust Fund, the Surplus, and the Real Social Security Problem	37
3.	"Saving" Social Security Is Not Enough	53
4.	Property Rights: The Hidden Issue of Social Security Reform	69
5.	Private Investment of Social Security: The $10 Trillion Opportunity	81
6.	The Moral Case for a Market-Based Retirement System	89
Part II	Women, the Poor, and Minorities
7.	Social Security Choices for the 21st-Century Woman	111
8.	The Impact of Social Security Reform on Low-Income Workers	133
9.	Disparate Impact: Social Security and African Americans	147
Part III	Solving the Problem
10.	No Second Best: The Unappetizing Alternatives to Individual Accounts	165
11.	Empowering Workers: The Privatization of Social Security in Chile	189
12.	Perspectives on the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security	201
13.	The 6.2 Percent Solution: A Plan for Reforming Social Security	281
Part IV	The Tough Questions
14.	Speaking the Truth about Social Security Reform	309
15.	Administration Costs and the Relative Efficiency of Public and Private Social Security Systems	313
16.	Personal Accounts in a Down Market: How Recent Stock Market Declines Affect the Social Security Reform Debate	333
Part V	The Public
17.	Public Opinion and Private Accounts: Measuring Risk and Confidence in Rethinking Social Security	357
	Contributors	371
	Index	373