Pensions, Social Security, And The Privatization Of Risk

As Social Security workplace pensions and individual retirement accountsbecome more insecure Americas pension system is in serious need ofrehabilitation. In thi... » 

As Social Security workplace pensions and individual retirement accountsbecome more insecure Americas pension system is in serious need ofrehabilitation. In this timely volume Mitchell A. Orenstein and hisdistinguished colleagues Gary Burtless Teresa Ghilarducci and Alicia Munnellargue that any reform of the U.S. pension system must address both futureimbalances in the Social Security program and weaknesses in the workplace andindividual retirement systems on which a growing number of Americans now rely.Weighing what is gained against what is lost as new proposals surface thisbook offers a clear account and reasoned analysis of the looming crisis aswell as our collective alternatives both domestically and abroad. «