Issues in Privatizing Social Security: Report of an Expert Panel of the National Academy of Social Insurance

by Peter A. Diamond

Two types of changes to Social Security have been proposed. One would keep the current defined-benefit structure but build and maintain a larger trust fund, to be partially invested in stocks and corporate bonds. The other would set up individual funded accounts, also to be partially invested in private markets. Both would raise taxes or lower benefits in the near term to increase funds for paying future benefits.This study addresses many important...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262517108
• ISBN13: 9780262517102
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher