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BL
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700903
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b523092
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| Main Entry
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Diamond, Peter A
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| Title & Author
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Saving Social Security : : a balanced approach /\ Peter A. Diamond and Peter R. Orszag
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: Brookings Institution Press,, c2004
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| Page. NO
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viii, 287 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0815718381 (cloth : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Introduction -- A brief overview of Social Security -- Goals for Social Security reform -- Social Security's long-term deficit -- A balanced three-part plan to shore up Social Security -- Strengthening Social Security's effectiveness as social insurance -- Implications of our reform plan for benefits and revenue -- Individual 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 simplified example -- D. Characteristics of tax-favored defined-contribution plans -- E. Should the trust fund invest in the stock market? -- F. Comparisons with models 2 and 3 of the President's Commission -- G. Estimated financial effects on Social Security for a proposal developed by Peter Diamond and Peter Orszag
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| Subject
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Old age pensions-- United States
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Retirement income-- Government policy-- United States
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Social security-- United States
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| Dewey Classification
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368.4/3/00973
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| LC Classification
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HD7125.D525 2004
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| Added Entry
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Orszag, Peter R
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