
Social Security
The Story of Its Past and a Vision for Its Future
Andrew G. Biggs(Author)
AEI Press
Will be published approx. on 16. November 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
88 pages
978-0-8447-7208-0 (ISBN)
Description
In a time of record-setting deficits and concern over burgeoning debt, perhaps no single issue is more hotly debated than how to fix Social Security, a program long called the "third rail" of American politics because it killed the political career of anyone who touched it. But the immediacy of America's fiscal problems presents an opportunity to reform and renew one of the largest expenditures in the federal budget.
Fixing Social Security requires us to understand the purpose of the program, how it was designed to work, and why it is going broke. In Social Security: The Story of Its Past and a Vision for Its Future, Andrew G. Biggs retraces the history of Franklin Roosevelt's plan to provide for retirees, explains why the current system is unsustainable, and offers a plan to pay back "legacy debt" and create a sound Social Security system for the future.
Fixing Social Security requires us to understand the purpose of the program, how it was designed to work, and why it is going broke. In Social Security: The Story of Its Past and a Vision for Its Future, Andrew G. Biggs retraces the history of Franklin Roosevelt's plan to provide for retirees, explains why the current system is unsustainable, and offers a plan to pay back "legacy debt" and create a sound Social Security system for the future.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations; Black & White Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
105 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8447-7208-0 (9780844772080)
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E-Book
11/2011
1st Edition
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Person
Andrew G. Biggs is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and former principal deputy commissioner of the Social Security Administration. He resides in Washington, D.C.
Content
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Why Do We Have a Social Security Program?
Addition Criteria for Success
Chapter 1: How Does Social Security Work?
Chapter 2: Why Does Social Security Need Reform?
Chapter 3: How Should We Fix Social Security?
Endnotes
About the Author
Introduction
Why Do We Have a Social Security Program?
Addition Criteria for Success
Chapter 1: How Does Social Security Work?
Chapter 2: Why Does Social Security Need Reform?
Chapter 3: How Should We Fix Social Security?
Endnotes
About the Author