Pensions Social Security And The Privatization Of Risk
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Author |
: Martin Feldstein |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 484 |
Release |
: 2008-04-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226241821 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226241823 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis Privatizing Social Security by : Martin Feldstein
This volume represents the most important work to date on one of the pressing policy issues of the moment: the privatization of social security. Although social security is facing enormous fiscal pressure in the face of an aging population, there has been relatively little published on the fundamentals of essential reform through privatization. Privatizing Social Security fills this void by studying the methods and problems involved in shifting from the current system to one based on mandatory saving in individual accounts. "Timely and important. . . . [Privatizing Social Security] presents a forceful case for a radical shift from the existing unfunded, pay-as-you-go single national program to a mandatory funded program with individual savings accounts. . . . An extensive analysis of how a privatized plan would work in the United States is supplemented with the experiences of five other countries that have privatized plans." —Library Journal "[A] high-powered collection of essays by top experts in the field."—Timothy Taylor, Public Interest
Author |
: Mitchell A. Orenstein |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 232 |
Release |
: 2008-08-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781400837663 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1400837669 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis Privatizing Pensions by : Mitchell A. Orenstein
To what extent do international organizations, global policy networks, and transnational policy entrepreneurs influence domestic policy makers? Have we entered a new phase of globalization that, unbeknownst to most citizens, shapes policies that used to be the sole domain of domestic politics? Privatizing Pensions reveals how international institutions--such as the World Bank, USAID, and other transnational policy actors--have played a seminal role in the development, diffusion, and implementation of new pension reforms that are transforming the postwar social contract in more than thirty countries worldwide, including the United States. Mitchell Orenstein shows how transnational actors have driven change in a policy area once thought to be beyond reform in many countries, and how they have done so by deploying their unique resources and legitimacy to promote new ideas, recruit disciples worldwide, and provide a broad range of technical assistance to government reformers over the long term. He demonstrates that while domestic decision makers may retain veto power over these reforms--which replace traditional social security with individual pension savings accounts--transnational policy makers play the role of "proposal actors," shaping the information, preferences, and resources of their domestic clients. Privatizing Pensions argues that even the most quintessentially domestic areas of policy have been thoroughly globalized, and that these international influences must be better understood.
Author |
: Jonathan Gruber |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 806 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0716786559 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780716786559 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis Public Finance and Public Policy by : Jonathan Gruber
Chapters include: "Income distribution and welfare programs", "State and local government expenditures" and "Health economics and private health insurance".
Author |
: Mitchell Alexander Orenstein |
Publisher |
: Columbia University Press |
Total Pages |
: 139 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780231146944 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0231146949 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis Pensions, Social Security, and the Privatization of Risk by : Mitchell Alexander Orenstein
Mitchell Orenstein brings together leading economists and policy advisors to discuss the complex and timely issue of retirement and risk. Employers, increasingly called upon by elected officials, have begun to shift from a model of collective risk-sharing towards a model of individualized investment risk. This represents a marked difference from the notion of an American social safety net, which emerged during the Great Depression. Weighing what is gained and what is lost as new schemas surface, this book offers readers reasoned analysis of the looming crisis and our collective alternatives both domestically and abroad.
Author |
: Olivia S. Mitchell |
Publisher |
: University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages |
: 446 |
Release |
: 1999-01-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0812234790 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780812234794 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis Prospects for Social Security Reform by : Olivia S. Mitchell
The United States social security system is the nation's largest social insurance program. As such, it has a far-reaching impact throughout the economy, influencing not only old-age economic security but also many behaviors, including corporate employment policy, retirement patterns, and personal saving. In the past, the system's universal coverage and generous benefits ensured popular support to a degree enjoyed by no other form of "big government" social spending. Yet over two-thirds of all Americans today believe that the social security system will face bankruptcy by the time they retire. The question of social security reform—how to reform the system or whether the system needs reform at all—is the subject of heated debate at all levels of government, in the media, and among workers, pensioners, and employers. Prospects for Social Security Reform informs the debate by exploring why the system is at a crossroads today and what to do about it. Contributors detail the size and nature of the problem, explain views of key "stakeholders" regarding reform options, and report new evidence on how reform might affect the economy. Research findings and public opinion polls are analyzed, as are lessons from other countries experimenting with new ways to deliver old-age benefit promises. No other volume includes as diverse and expert a set of perspectives on reform and privatization as those gathered here from economists, actuaries, employers, investment managers, and representatives of organized labor. Among its chapters is the path-breaking study "Social Security Money's Worth," the 1999 winner of the TIAA-CREF's Paul A. Samuelson Award for Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong Financial Security.
Author |
: C. Gillion |
Publisher |
: International Labor Office |
Total Pages |
: 808 |
Release |
: 2000 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015050247504 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Social Security Pensions by : C. Gillion
By providing a balanced assessment and factual review of the praticalities and structure behind various pension schemes around the world, this book assists decision-makers in forming effective, viable pension policy.
Author |
: Indermit S. Gill |
Publisher |
: World Bank Publications |
Total Pages |
: 368 |
Release |
: 2004-10-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780821383759 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0821383752 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis Keeping the Promise of Social Security in Latin America by : Indermit S. Gill
Empirical analysis of two decades of pioneering pension and social security reform in Latin America and the Caribbean shows that much has been achieved, but that critical challenges remain. In tackling this unfinished agenda, a great deal can be learned from the reform experience of countries in the region. 'Keeping the Promise,' produced by the chief economist's office for the Latin America and Caribbean region at the World Bank, evaluates policy reforms in 12 countries, points to successes and shortcomings, and proposes priorities and options for future reform.
Author |
: Robert Louis Clark |
Publisher |
: University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages |
: 280 |
Release |
: 2003-05-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0812237145 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780812237146 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis A History of Public Sector Pensions in the United States by : Robert Louis Clark
From the Wharton School, offering a comprehensive assessment of the political and financial dimensions of public-sector pensions from the colonial period until the emergence of modern retirement plans in the twentieth century.
Author |
: Mitchell A. Orenstein |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 142 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015078789214 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Pensions, Social Security, and the Privatization of Risk by : Mitchell A. Orenstein
Mitchell Orenstein brings together leading economists and policy advisors to discuss the complex and timely issue of retirement and risk. Employers, increasingly called upon by elected officials, have begun to shift from a model of collective risk-sharing towards a model of individualized investment risk. This represents a marked difference from the notion of an American social safety net, which emerged during the Great Depression. Weighing what is gained and what is lost as new schemas surface, this book offers readers reasoned analysis of the looming crisis and our collective alternatives both domestically and abroad.
Author |
: Jeffrey R. Brown |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 473 |
Release |
: 2009-12-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226076508 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226076504 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis Social Security Policy in a Changing Environment by : Jeffrey R. Brown
Social Security Policy in a Changing Environment analyzes the changing economic and demographic environment in which social insurance programs that benefit elderly households will operate. It also explores how these ongoing trends will affect future beneficiaries, under both the current social security program and potential reform options. In this volume, an esteemed group of economists probes the challenge posed to Social Security by an aging population. The researchers examine trends in private sector retirement saving and health care costs, as well as the uncertain nature of future demographic, economic, and social trends—including marriage and divorce rates and female participation in the labor force. Recognizing the ambiguity of the environment in which the Social Security system must operate and evolve, this landmark book explores factors that policymakers must consider in designing policies that are resilient enough to survive in an economically and demographically uncertain society.