Social Security
Time for a Change
Published in January 1996
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-1-55938-933-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume is directed towards the idea of change in welfare provision, covering areas such as private options, trust fund investment policy and responses to an ageing population. There is particular focus upon the social security systems of Japan, the United Kingdom, Chile and the United States
This volume is directed towards the idea of change in welfare provision, covering areas such as private options, trust fund investment policy and responses to an ageing population. There is particular focus upon the social security systems of Japan, the United Kingdom, Chile and the United States
This volume is directed towards the idea of change in welfare provision, covering areas such as private options, trust fund investment policy and responses to an ageing population. There is particular focus upon the social security systems of Japan, the United Kingdom, Chile and the United States
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
512 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55938-933-4 (9781559389334)
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Content
Part 1 What's wrong with our social security system?: an overview of the US social security system - problems and options, Kevin Stephenson et al; the policy response to an ageing population, Barry Bosworth; social security and sustainability in the twenty-first century, James E. Duggan; is our public pension system beyond repair?, Carolyn L. Weaver; social security - if it ain't broken - don't fix it, Robert Myers. Part 2 Foreign retirement systems: pay or play pensions in Japan and the United Kingdom, John Tumer and David M. Rajnes; financing old age pensions - the challenge to public provision in Central and Eastern Europe, David M. Rajoes; what can the United States learn from Chile?, Marco Santamaria; the Chilean system - a model for others?, Robert Myers. Part 3 The social security trust fund investment policy: social security investment policy - what is it and how can it be improved, Carolyn L. Weaver; no way to run a railroad - social security funds should invest in common stocks, Robert C. Perez. Part 4 Proposals for partial privatization: the key issues in the privatization debate, Yung-Ping Chen; individual social security retirement accounts, John E. Porter; a private option for social security, Peter J. Ferrera.