TY  - BOOK
AU  - Diamond, Peter A.
AU  - Orszag, Peter R.
TI  -  Saving Social security: a balanced approach 
SN  - 9780815718376 (pbk. : alk. paper)
U1  - 368.4/300973  22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Brookings Institution Press
KW  - Social security
KW  -  Administration
KW  - Retirement income
KW  - Old age pensions
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-287) and index; A brief overview of Social Security -- Goals for Social Security ref orm -- Social Security's long-term deficit -- A three-part plan to shor e up Social Security -- Strengthening Social Security's effectiveness a s social insurance -- Implications for benefits and revenue -- Individu al 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 simplifie d example -- D. Characteristics of tax-favored defined-contribution pla ns -- E. Should the trust fund invest in the stock market? -- F. Compar isons with models 2 and 3 of the President's Commission -- G. Memorandu m from the Office of the Chief Actuary -- H. Long-term analysis of the Diamond-Orszag Social Security plan
ER  -