Countdown to Reform: The Greater Social Security Debate - Softcover

Aaron, Henry J.; Reischauer, Robert D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870784625 ISBN 13: 9780870784620

Publisher: Twentieth Century Fund, 2001

Synopsis

In this revised and updated edition of their influential book, two of the nation's most widely respected economists argue that calls for scrapping Social Security in favor of a privatized plan are misguided and that the claims that the system faces bankruptcy are not only exaggerated, they are just plain wrong. The authors analyze the economic assumptions underlying current reform efforts, closely scrutinizing proposals to reform Social Security. They also provide the historical background of the economic circumstances that different generations have faced and show how changes in Social Security have affected life in America.

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About the Author

Henry J. Aaron is a senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, where he holds the Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Chair. Among his many books are Can We Say No? The Challenge of Rationing Health Care, with William B. Schwartz and Melissa Cox (Brookings, 2006), and Reforming Medicare: Options,Tradeoffs, and Opportunities, written with Jeanne Lambrew (Brookings, 2008). Robert D. Reischauer was a former director of the Congressional Budget Office.

Edition details

• Publisher: Twentieth Century Fund
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870784625
• ISBN 13: 9780870784620
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184