Social Security Reform : Economic Issues.

Discusses economic and social theory rationale for social security program. Reviews possible problems with the current system, including economic effects on private savings and the labor supply. Examines potential solutions, including allowing the system to default, raising taxes, cutting benefits,...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Individual retirement accounts. Social security. Trusts and trustees. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Discusses economic and social theory rationale for social security program. Reviews possible problems with the current system, including economic effects on private savings and the labor supply. Examines potential solutions, including allowing the system to default, raising taxes, cutting benefits, and investing funds in private assets, and provides a detailed analysis of investing in individual retirement accounts. Includes charts and tables.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.