Social Security : The System That Works

Bernstein, Merton C.; Bernstein, Joan B.

ISBN 10: 0465079164 / ISBN 13: 9780465079162

Published by Basic Books, New York, 1988

About this Item

New York: Basic Books, 1988. First edition. Signed by both authors on first free front endpaper. 8vo. Cloth binding, 321 pp. Good in good dust jacket, in library-issued mylar cover taped to boards.

Seller Inventory # 000621

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Social Security : The System That Works
• Publisher: Basic Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0465079164
• ISBN 13: 9780465079162
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Government and Politics

About this title

Synopsis

Reassesses the effectiveness of the social security system, argues that private pensions are not inherently better, and looks at the Medicare program

Reviews

The authors are pension experts who coauthored the 1964 title The Future of Private Pensions; Merton Bernstein also was a consultant to the National Commission on Social Security, which in 1982 revised the endangered retirement program's financial structure for enactment by Congress. Despite persisting rumors to the contrary, the Social Security system is now solidly funded, with surpluses projected beyond the year 2020, according to the authors. By contrast, they note, a large variety of corporate and industrial retirement plans often leave employees unpensioned after working for many years. Also covered are Medicare/Medicaid, the case for a later retirement age and for defined-benefit or defined-contribution plans, as well as the special problems women face in retirement. Although a technical study for professionals, the book contains much the general reader should know.
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